Why Rockets Are Awesome, A Presentation

Why Rockets are Awesome … .and how they can be used to teach your students experimental design By Ringo Dingrando

This presentation, and all the presented material, is available on www.ringophysics.blogspot.com

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Rocket Liftoff Clip ,[object Object]

Rocket Launcher demonstration A youtube clip of the rocket launcher in use.

A Poor Rocket Assignment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A Better Rocket Assignment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why Lab Design is Important ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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How to Make a Great Design Lab ,[object Object],[object Object]

1. Get plenty of Equipment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2. Make students familiar with equipment ,[object Object],[object Object]

3. Brainstorm on variables ,[object Object],[object Object]

Stick ‘Em Up Brainstorming Independent Variables Dependent Variables

4. Show examples of good labs ,[object Object],[object Object]

Student lab ,[object Object],[object Object]

5. Write Design Lab ,[object Object],[object Object]

Middle School Design Lab Middle School Design lab example on heart rate (LINK)

High School Design Lab High School Design lab example on rockets (LINK)

6. Provide Feedback ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

My Feedback Sheet G4IA Assessment sheet 11/3/2008 Student: Gonzales, Jose Investigation: Rocket Design Lab Time: 2Hrs Date(s): 08/01/08 Design General comments Ringo Dingrando 2 Defining the problem and selecting variables You formulated a research question and identified the relevant variables. Great idea to change the center of gravity of the rocket! No one else thought of that! Great sketch graph to help visualize your hypothesis. 1 Controlling variables You do not effectively control variables. By adding extra tape to the tail every time, you WILL change the center of mass, but you are ALSO changing the very important variable of rocket mass. 1 Describing a method for collection of data :) Excellent drawing. You do not state the increments of your independent variable measurements. You do not list the range of your measurements. It is quite clear how and where you intend to add the mass, but how much tape each time? What will be your maximum amount? What about multiple trials? 4 This criteria is only addressed This grade will not appear on the PSOW You are making similar mistakes as you did on previous labs. Please see the feedback on previous labs before you do your next one!

Feedback Sheet produced by G4IA G4IA: http://www.eduap.com/

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7. Do the best labs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

8. Take the data stopwatch Data recording Cones for distance

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Contextualizing Labs ,[object Object]

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