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Rocket Launching Experiment: Name: Jeremy & Spencer HR 1 Hour

The document summarizes a student experiment testing how wing size affects the flight distance of water rockets. The students hypothesized that smaller wings would result in less air resistance and farther flight, but found the opposite to be true - larger wings of 6x4 cm flew the farthest at an average of 101 meters. If they repeated the experiment, the students would use smaller amounts of water and start with larger wing sizes to make the rockets more aerodynamic.

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Rocket Launching Experiment: Name: Jeremy & Spencer HR 1 Hour

The document summarizes a student experiment testing how wing size affects the flight distance of water rockets. The students hypothesized that smaller wings would result in less air resistance and farther flight, but found the opposite to be true - larger wings of 6x4 cm flew the farthest at an average of 101 meters. If they repeated the experiment, the students would use smaller amounts of water and start with larger wing sizes to make the rockets more aerodynamic.

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Rocket Launching Experiment Name: Jeremy & Spencer HR 1st hour

– How does wing size affect fly distance?


– Hypothesis-- If we make the wing size smaller, then it will fly farther, because there will
be less air ressistance holding it back.
– List 5 controlled variables-- Weather (if possible), type of bottle, way of measuring,
materials used to make bottle, wing material, way of lauching
– List the materials needed for the experiment-- bottles, tape, wings, water, paper, air
pressure
– Procedure-- make the rocket, fill it with water and air pressure, tilt at given angle,
launch, measure distance flown
– Conclusion--

Wing Size affects Distance


Wing Size Distance Flown (Meters) Average
Distance (M)
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
2½X1 34 41 23 32.67
3¾X2½ 77 84 69 76.67
6X4 98 105 100 101
Source: Spencer & Jeremy May 2010

1. Does your data support your hypothesis? Why or why not? Our hypothesis turned out
to be the opposite of what actually happened. When we made the wings smaller it
actually did'nt go as far. But when we made it bigger it flew farther.
2. What changes would you make if you did the experiment again and why? (Be specific
to the individual experiment) I think we would start out with a small amount of water in
both the top and bottom and have a larger size wing; and we would make sure our
bottles are perfectly straight so its really arodynamic.

Conclusion-- The wing size ended up affecting the flight distance but a lot. Our hypothesis
ended up just being exactly backwards. If we could do it over we would start with a smaller
amount of water and larger wings right away.

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