Engineering-Straw+Rockets

Engineering is the process of using scientific knowledge, mathematics, and creativity to solve a technical problem.


===The Straw Rocket Experiment served as a knowlege gathering activity. Students started with no prior knowledge of Straw Rockets and went through "Trial and Error" to develop a straw rocket that would have the Winning Characteristics necessary to travel the farthest distance possible. Students were introduced to Variables they could change and Constants they could not.===
 * = ===Constants=== ||= ===Variables=== ||= ===Winning Characteristics=== ||= ===Why=== ||
 * ===Compressed Air Launcher=== || ===Amount of Tape=== || ===Longer Straw Tube Body=== || ===Longer body allowed more stored energy of the launcher to transfer to energy of motion (kinetic energy) of the rocket.=== ||
 * ===Plastic Straws=== || ===Length of Rocket=== || ===Straight Fins=== || ===Allowed for more stored energy to be turned into straight energy of motion as opposed to spinning energy of motion.=== ||
 * ===Paper=== || ===Size of Fins=== || ===Small size fins=== || ===Large fins drag against the air and slow the rocket wasting energy. Small fins do not drag as much against the air so more energy available for motion.=== ||
 * ===Tape=== || ===Shape of Fins=== ||  ||   ||
 * ===Amount of Stored Energy=== ||  ||   ||   ||