3,2,1...BLAST OFF!

This afternoon we adapted recycled resources into our rockets that we designed yesterday after watching the space livestream. We only had 30minutes to create our rockets and had to decide which chemical reaction or pressure force we were going to use to launch our rocket. Our options were:
* Baking soda and vinegar
* Coke and mentos
* Water and an air pump

It was great to see children collaborating in their groups, using their scientific knowledge of forces and chemical reactions, and debugging with their group to solve problems and make improvements to their designs. Some of our launches went really high and others did not quite get lift off...but that is ok because it was all about the process. We can now use this experience to debug our designs further and think of things we could do differently next time.

Have a look at a video of Madeline's rocket nearly reaching the roof of the hall!

Here are some photos from our rocket launch!