Goal is to reach maximum apogee and stay aloft for as long as possible. Design challenges are to design a good rocket and a good parachute system.

Concepts Covered: Newton’s Laws of Motion, Momentum = Mass x Velocity, Pressure, Drag, Surface Area to Length of Parachute Shroud Lines, Symmetry, etc.

7th Graders designing parachutes for the descent phase (what goes up…)

The Launch Phase! Many rockets ended up on the roof.

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