Model Rocketry Club
Wednesdays 8:30am – 9:30am
22 Club Meetings
3 Field Trips, Including Launch Day at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center (parents must provide transportation to and from ALL field trips)
$350 Club Fee
$50 Supply and Equipment Fee (covers cost of materials for building the rockets)
(Payment plans may be available)
Students will construct…
Model Rocketry Club
Wednesdays 8:30am – 9:30am
22 Club Meetings
3 Field Trips, Including Launch Day at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center (parents must provide transportation to and from ALL field trips)
$350 Club Fee
$50 Supply and Equipment Fee (covers cost of materials for building the rockets)
(Payment plans may be available)
Students will construct several simple rockets as we learn the basic physics behind rocket launches. Students will eventually build, test, and launch two model rockets which they get to take with them!!
The rocket launch will occur at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, MD on the first Sunday in May.
Grades 5+
Students in grades 5 – 8 can consider this as a significant part of a General or Physical Science curriculum.
Students in grades 9+ wishing to receive high school credit will be required to keep a portfolio of their work and complete extra mathematical calculations.
Pop-Can Hero Engine (Newton’s 3rd Law) 9/11
Steam-Powered Hero Engine (Newton’s 3rd Law) 9/18
Rocket Racers (Newton’s 3rd Law) Design and Build, 9/25
Rocket Racers, Race and Redesign 10/2
Puff Rockets (Rocket Stability) 10/9
Heavy-Lift (Motion, forces, payloads) 10/16
Newton Car (Force, mass, and acceleration), Design & Build 10/30
Newton Car Race and Redesign 11/6
Pop Rocket Launcher Construction (Motion, forces, stability), 11/13
Pop Rocket, Rocket Design and Construction (Motion, forces, stability) 11/20
Foam Rocket Design and Construction 12/4
Pop Rocket & Foam Rocket Launches (Elvaton Park field trip) 12/11
Rocket Wind Tunnel Construction, 1/8
Advanced High Power Paper Rocket Design, Day 1, Begin on 1/15
Advanced High Power Paper Rocket Construction, Day 2, 1/22
Advanced High Power Paper Rocket Construction, Day 3, 1/29
Advanced High Power Paper Rocket Wind Tunnel Testing & Design, Modifications, Day 4, 2/5
Advanced High Power Paper Rocket Wind Tunnel Testing & Design Modification, Day 5 2/26
Advanced High Power Paper Rocket Field Tests (Elvaton Park field trip), 3/4
Model Rocket 1 Project, Construction Day 1, 3/11
Model Rocket 1 Project, Construction Day 2, 3/18
Model Rocket 1 Project, Construction & Test Day 3, 3/25
Model Rocket 2 Project, Construction Day 1, 4/15
Model Rocket 2 Project, Construction Day 2, 4/22
Model Rocket 2 Project, Construction Day 3, 4/29
Field trip to NASA Goddard Visitor Center for rocket launches 5/3
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