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Rocket Project Reflection For Math

The document summarizes a student's work on a rocket project in their math class. They designed and built a rocket that would launch high into the air and safely parachute down. They used various math concepts like graphing, factoring, and quadratics to calculate the rocket's max height, flight time, and velocity. Key parts of the rocket included the nose cone, parachute, bottles, and heart-shaped fins. The student encountered challenges getting the nose cone to hold its point but found success when a friend helped fold the parachute correctly.

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Rocket Project Reflection For Math

The document summarizes a student's work on a rocket project in their math class. They designed and built a rocket that would launch high into the air and safely parachute down. They used various math concepts like graphing, factoring, and quadratics to calculate the rocket's max height, flight time, and velocity. Key parts of the rocket included the nose cone, parachute, bottles, and heart-shaped fins. The student encountered challenges getting the nose cone to hold its point but found success when a friend helped fold the parachute correctly.

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Cover letter

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In Math 10 this unit, we worked on multiple
formulas and
equations such as graphing, factoring, quadratics,
and learning how to complete the square. However,
our goal for this unit was to create a working rocket
that parachutes down safely while also shooting as
high as you can get it into the air. We used plastic
bottle tape, glitter, and other things for this project.
All of these math topics we learned helped us solve
and figure out the equations to launch our rockets.
How the quadratic function helps us is it gives us the
ability to do the calculations.
Calculations

The first thing we needed to do was find


the max height so we drew out a right
triangle to show the max height of our
rocket. We added an arrow shape right
underneath the triangle to show the
launcher that we used at exhibition. And
then you use SohCahToah to help find
the max height.

The steps we took to find the flight


time, were we had to first look at the
video and we watched it frame by
frame from the point of the video
where the rocket launched up into the
air and started accelerating. Until the
rocket had stoped accelerating. And
from there the ttal flight and height of
the rocket.
Now we need to find the the velocity of
the rockets velocity. So we use the
variables and put them into a table Now
we insert the numbers into the formula
that we got earlier. Then we solve for
velocity. the outcome of 131.25ft/sec as
velocity.
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Supply List
Nose Cone
The nose cone provided the detachment system of the parachute. It's made out of thin
clear plastic.
Parachute
The parachute we used was made out of a trash bag, It was small and attached to the
rocket under the none cone. The force affecting the cone on landing of the rocket makes
it deploy.
Second bottle
This second bottle is a part of the presser chamber, but it is making the rocket bigger.
First Bottle (Presser Chamber)
This is the main bottle, This is a presser chamber and water chamber.
Fins x4
Are fins where small and heart shaped. They are made of foam board.
❁Refection❁

My partner Cris and I encountered a few challenges during this rocket-making process.
One of the challenges was the cone of our rocket not holding a point. We tried to fix this
solution by adding extra tape around the point to help it have more durability. We tested
this out a few times, and it is still.

It was different from what we wanted. It kept bending and not holding the point we
wanted. So we added the top of a pencil to the inside of our rocket to help test it once
with the pencil top. It made a little bit of a difference. However, at the exhibition, our
rocket went sideways and divebombed, crushing the pencil, so if we were to do this
again, we could figure out another strategy to have a more successful rocket.

We had a few outstanding successes during this rocket project. Some of these successes
were having the cutest rocket while having all the right features to have a working
rocket. For example, Cris made these cute heart fins that worked well with our rocket
while also beg unique and fun. Another example is the tape that held parts of our rocket
together was pink and had glitter, pigs, and daisies on the inside. So I would tell
sophomores next year that you can have your rocket as unique and cute as you want and
still be a successful working rocket.

A turning point for my partner and I in this project was finding out how you folded your
parachute and whether it was deployed. The first time we launched, we folded it the way
we wanted to and just sent our rocket up in the air, thinking it did not matter.
Nevertheless, I saw my friend Ada fold the parachute differently than we were taught in
class. The next time we got Ada to fold our parachute, it would work when we launched
our rocket. We repeated this process with Ada folding our parachute, which worked
every time.

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