Stomp Rocket Research Paper

There are many things in the sky and nothing is faster than a rocket, but the question is will a rocket without wings fly straight and high? This question is what my team of Jack, Gus and I at Nature’s Classroom decided to test. It was a beautiful, calm afternoon at Nature’s Classroom which I attended with most of my 6th grade class. We could see the bright, clear sky on this beautiful Autumn day. My friend Jack and I walked over to a table in the middle of the woods to begin our stomp rockets class.
Spooky said, “Welcome to our Stomp Rockets class.¨
¨Today we will be building and launching Stomp Rockets. Before we start I have some questions. Do any of you know Newton’s three laws of physics?” asked Spooky.
My friend Gus answered, “gravity”.
After Gus I answered, “force”.
Then a girl in our class answered, “motion”. …show more content…
After that, Spooky told us how to build the base of the rocket. We were told to build a rocket with only construction paper and tape. The rocket would fit over a piece of PVC pipe and it could not have any holes because it would not work correctly. Jack, Gus and I were a team and we went to work. We all worked together to come up with a design. There was discussion about which tape to use. There were three types of tape, all of different weights, masking tape, duct tape, and gorilla tape. Gus and I said, “we should use masking tape.¨
Jack said, “we should use gorilla tape because it is