Vinegar and Baking Soda Rockets Vinegar and Baking Soda

Rocket Activity Pre-Quiz 1 - What makes a rocket work? (hint: Newton) 2 - What makes a rocket go Higher? Faster? Farther? 3 - What kind of propellants or fuel could you use? 4 - What propellants does NASA use? 5 - Is more, better? 6 - What makes a rocket go straight?

Experimental Design 1-Purpose 2-Hypothesis 3-Procedure 4-Materials Write the experimental design for: a) Figuring out the best mixture of vinegar and baking soda. or b) Figuring out the best angle to aim to get the greatest distance 1-Purpose 2-Hypothesis 3-Procedure 4-Materials

Goal To build a film canister - vinegar and baking soda fueled rocket that goes the farthest .

Lab Write Up (32) 1 – Purpose (3) 2 – Hypothesis (3) 3 – Procedure (10) What did you really do/plan to do 4 – Materials – list (3) 5 – Data (3) How Far 6 – Conclusion (5) Was your hypothesis correct? How do you know? 7 – How would you make it better (5)

Launch Pad Angle Angle Distances Average Distance

Disclaimer Aloha I put together these power points for use in my science classes. You may use them in your classes. Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners! Ted Brattstrom