Materials:-Pencil-Notebook-Folder

Agenda:• Complete Bell work• POP! Cylinder

Rockets• Lab Report

No gum, candy or chewing please!

DO: Today we will plan and design rockets to test how shape affects the stability & performance of a rocket.

DQ: Was your hypothesis correct? Why/why not?

ThursdayMarch 26, 2015

Astronomy – Rocketry

4 Student is able to teach another student about how to make predictions, test hypothesis and draw conclusions on various rocket designs – (ex: stability, shape, structure)

3 Student is able to make predictions, test hypothesis and draw conclusions on various rocket designs – (ex: stability, shape, structure)

2 With some help Student is able to make predictions, test hypothesis and draw conclusions on various rocket designs – (ex: stability, shape, structure)

1 Even with help, Student is NOT able to make predictions, test hypothesis and draw conclusions on various rocket designs – (ex: stability, shape, structure)

Prism Rocket

Cylinder Rocket

Lab report… on goingPurpose:

Hypothesis:

Variables:

Dependent: what are we measuring?

Independent: What is different between the two rockets?

Constant: What did we keep the same?

Lab report continued…Materials: list everything you

used to create your rocketProcedure: numbered list of

directions (start with verb) – explain how to create rocket.After launch, we will add the

steps to explain the launch.

Lab report continued… Data table: you are measuring flight

stability and distance. Make a table that organizes these variables for BOTH rockets.

Results:Data Table:

Create a data table that organizes your results (go to the tab that says “insert” and click “table” – select the number of columns and rows and then fill it in.

  Graph: Make a double bar graph showing the

flight stability & distance for both (prism & cylinder) rockets.

Scientific Drawing: Labels go to on straight lines to the right of the object.

Data analysis:

Interpret the relationship between the two variables (shape & stability/distance). Include the data from your data table and explain what it means.

Summarize the experiment. Explain what the variables are and how they are related.

Data analysis - PoP rocketsData Analysis

Interpret the relationship between the two variables (shape & stability/distance).

In addition to a 3, your paragraph goes above and beyond by adding an additional yellow and pink that discusses how the data from your straw rocket trials is similar to these rocket trials. Your topic sentence re-states the two variables and states the

relationship between them. Your yellow sentences explain how each rocket did (use the data

from your data table) Your pink sentences go into further detail describing what the data

in the data table means in words. You formally conclude the relationship between the two variables

by stating which rocket did the best and why.

Some of the above information is missing/incorrect/inaccurate

The majority of the above information is missing/incorrect/inaccurate

o Your topic sentence re-states the variables and states the relationship between them

In this experiment we tested __________________(independent variable) vs_________________(dependent variable) and their relationship is _____________________.

o Your yellow sentences explain how each rocket did (use the data from your data table)

Overall, the prism rocket ________________________. Do this for cylinder too

o Your pink sentences go into further detail describing what the data in the data table means in words

This means that it is/is not stable because___________________. Do this for cylinder too

o You formally conclude the relationship between the two variables by stating which rocket did the best and why.

In conclusion, the relationship between ______________ and ________________ is __________________ because rocket ______________ did the best.

Conclusion - PoP RocketsConclusion Summary paragraph describing all of the steps of the experiment and what you have

learned/concluded.

In addition to a 3, your paragraph goes above and beyond by adding an additional yellow and pink that discusses how the data from your straw rocket trials is similar to these rocket trials.

Your topic sentence describes what the experiment was. The body of your paragraph states/answers the following information in complete

sentences:o Restate your hypothesis (yellow)o Was your hypothesis correct? Why/why not? (pink)o Summarize how you created each rocket. (Yellow & pink - 4 sentences total)o What were the results for each rocket (summarize data analysis) (Yellow & pink -

4 sentences total)o What was your purpose/problem statement? (yellow)o What have you learned about your purpose? (pink)o What were possible sources of errors in this experiment? (yellow)o In the future how could you learn from those errors? (pink) You formally conclude which shape is the most stable/ fly's the furthest. Your paragraph includes transition words, is free of convention errors and is

highlighted appropriately

Some of the above information is missing/incorrect/inaccurate

The majority of the above information is missing/incorrect/inaccurate

Your topic sentence describes what the experiment was

In this experiment, we tested two different shaped rockets for ______________.  

o What was your purpose/problem statement? (yellow)

My formal purpose statement was ______________.

o What have you learned about your purpose? (pink)

 

I learned that __________________.  

o Restate your hypothesis (yellow) 

Moving forward, my hypothesis stated ________________.

o Was your hypothesis correct? Why/why not? (pink)

This was correct/not correct because________________.

o Summarize how you created each rocket. (Yellow & pink - 4 sentences total)

Next, I created the __________ rocket.To create this rocket I had to ________________.After, I created the ___________rocket. I created this rocket by ______________.

o What were the results for each rocket (summarize data analysis) (Yellow & pink - 4 sentences total)

 

Overall, when I tested the __________rocket the stability was ______ and distance was __________.This means ____________________. I then, tested the __________rocket the stability was ______ and distance was __________.This means ____________________.

o What were possible sources of errors in this experiment? (yellow)

 

However, some sources for errors were___________________.

o In the future how could you learn from those errors? (pink)

 

In the future, I could ____________.

You formally conclude which shape is the most stable/ fly's the furthest.

 

In conclusion the _____________rocket is the best for flight because____________________.