Thursday, July 26, 2007

Group Work and Firendship

In this course, it also includes friendship and group work to finished most of the experiments and tasks. If we have no friendship and group work the bank of china tower won't be even built. Everyone will be selfish, even you are the leader and no ones in your team thats useless. I think the most important to make a friendship you need to be trusted and loyalty to another.

Friendship Meaning- The quality or condition of being friends.

Friendship = Help Each Other

Encyclopedia Meaning on Friendship:
Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans. This article focuses on the notion specific to interpersonal relationships. In this sense, the term connotes are relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem , and affection . Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutally helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors.

Animated Gifs

Animated Gifs Transfering To Your Website:

Step 1 - Search google for animated gifs
Step 2 - Choose a website
Step 3 - Choose a animated gif
Step 4 - Copy the box code
Step 5 - Paste it into the edit html
Step 6 - Done


myspace
Animated GIFs

Hydro Rocket Blog!!!!!!!


Hi! There whoever in the world is reading my webpage, Welcome!! This is a blog dedicated to Hydro Rocket (like what do you think??) In this website, you will see cool links to all about rocketry and nice pictures of special rockets. This website is also about my rocket processes of production for hydro rocket course in Hong Kong International School. Oh! by the way, my name is Peter Sin and i am going to Chinese International School in HK. This summer course is quite boring and fun (obviously). My Rocket is going to be the fastest and successful water rocket. I wanted to make it that way, but that going to be kind of impossible, right or not?

Alka-Seltzer Rocket Experiment


What happens when you have a build-up of gas? Don't answer that question! The gas in question is carbon dioxide and the explosion is nothing short of fun. Warning: It's impossible to do this activity just once. It is addicting and habit-forming. Proceed at your own risk! (copied from this link)

Every Day Spending Journal on Hydro Rocket Course

Day 1-Introduce to Hydro Rocket Class
Day 2-The Parachute
Day 3-The Website/Blog
Day 4-Parachute(continued)
Day 5-The Beginning of Rocket Construction
Day 6-The Movie about Flight
Day 7- The Rocket Construction (continued)
Day 8- The Website Construction (Animated Gif s)
Day 9-The Rocket Construction (continued)
Day 10-The Rocket (finished)
Day 11-The Website Construction (Contiuned)
Day 12-Alka – Seltzer Experiment
Day 13-Examples on Blast off Rockets (Andre, Matthew and Mark)
Day 14-Blast Off Day
Day 15 -Party

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Rocket: Results

Name Distance From Rocket Angle of Altimeter Rocket Height at Apogee

Peter
Launch #1 100 ft 80 18ft

Peter
Launch #2 100ft N/A N/A

Brian
Launch #1 100ft 78 21ft

Brian
Launch #2 100ft N/A N/A

Time of Apogee and Time from Apogee at ground is currently N/A

New Words Learned From Lesson and Dictionary.com Meaning

Vocabulary:
Dictionary.com (Meaning)

Accelerate:To cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.

Apogee:The highest or most distant point; climax.

Decelerate: To decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.

Drag: To draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.

Gravity: the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.

Igniter: Electronics. the carborundum rod used to initiate the discharge in an ignitron tube.

Launch: A heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.

Propellant: Serving or tending to propel or drive forward.

Thrust: To push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.

Velocity: Rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.

Force: Physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.

Mass: A body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.

Motion: The action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.

Determine Altitude (Making Your Own Altitude Measuring Device)



Needed Material: A large diameter soda straw, A 20 cm length of string, a protractor, a weight (an eraser) and Tape

To learn more about altimeter measuring device please click here

click here to go to NASA graphical maximum altitude

Instructions Of Making A Hydro Rocket


Water Rocket Construction

Materials Needed: Low temperature hot melt, glue or duct tape, balsa, bass or THICK mounting board ( At least 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick)

Step 1: Cut the bottom off a bottle
Step 2: Attach a parachute to the elastic near the top of the uncut bottle.
Step 3: Tape or glue a heavy paper around the bottles, loosely.
Step 4: Tape only the bottom of the wrapped paper. This will allow the top bottle to come off. The top should be VERY loose. Air Pressure will keep it on during ascent.

click for more information on constructing a hydro rocket.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Newton's Law of Motion

Newton's First Law of Motion: An object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion at constant velocity unless acted upon an unbalanced force.

1. What forces are being exerted on a pressurized rocket on the launch pad?

2. What is inertia?

3. What combination of unbalanced forces sets a rocket off in an upward direction?

Newton's Second Law of Motion: Force = Mass x Acceleration

1. What are the applications of the formula F = M x A, while the rocket is on its way up?

2. How is upward force of the rocket calculated ? How is the downward force during ascent calculated? Does the force exerted by the rocket change during ascent?

3. How is force calculated during the descent of the rocket?

4. What are the applications of the formula, F = M x A, which the rocket is on its way down?

5. What are the applications of the formula: Acceleration = Force/Mass for a hydro-rocket?

6. How will you SEE the implications when different rockets are launched?

Newton's Third Law of Motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

1. What are the primary ''action and reaction" forces involved with launching a rocket?

2. What action - reaction forces are involved during impact? (when the rocket hits the ground)

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

A History of Rocket Science Link








The history of rockets begins in 1642 to this moment of time, it has been a different tools and different meanings in time. To learn more about this click here to the NASA A Time line of Rocket History.

Hydro Rocket Link!!!


To go to the great hydro rocketeers page click "this"