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May 19

EXAM SCHEDULE:

Tuesday:  Orange and White

Wednesday:  Blue and Purple

Thursday:  Green

Books were collected today.  If you did not have it, you owe $51.47 by Friday.

HW:  Study for Exams

Last week of school!!!!  WE will miss you!

May 6

Word Up:

propellant

solid rocket propellant

liquid propellant

Igniters

Combustion chamber

Center of mass

Roll, pitch and yaw

Passive cantrol

Active control

Payloads

Mass fraction (MF)

Staging

NOTES FROM THE ARTICLE NEED TO INCLUDE:

Types of propellants

Engine thrust control

Stability and control systems

Mass

-pay special attention to what mass fraction is

ARTICLE:

Download rocket_principles_part_2.doc

May 5

Lab write up for Rocket Racer Lab. Due at end of class                                 

Be sure to include in your write up the following:

Hypothesis

Procedure

Data

Conclusion

HW:  Bring Alka Setzer

May 2

Orchestra and Chorus Trip

Remaining students will consturct bottle rockets and retest their Rocket Racer.

HW: None-Have a great weekend!

May 1

Test Rocket Racers, collect data.  Make one modification to the racer and test again.

WTL on Monday

You must included in the WTL:

Hypothesis

Procedure

Data

Conclusion

Write up is due on Monday, May 5

April 30

Apur understanding of the laws of motion to construct a working model of a Rocket Racer.

Read directions and begin building a Rocket Racer.

Decide on method of getting the data.

HW:  None

April 28 and 29

Green, White and Purple classes will check their corrections for the Posttest.

Discuss new unit on Science with toys.

Ask for donations of Alka Seltzer and empty 2 liter soda bottles.

HW:  None

April 23 and 23

CRCT Review-Lessons 12-=20

Remember to work on your posttest corrections due Friday and Monday.

HW:  Get plenty of rest. Math CRCT tomorow-Friday

April 22

CRCT TESTING TOMORROW

Do answers to lessons 3-8, same procedure as yesterday.

Work on Post Test Corrections