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Monday, 2 July 2018

Rockets @ Wesley Primary

Today room 9 had a wonderful opportunity to go and demonstrate our rocket programme at Wesley primary school. We partnered up with room 3 & 4, who have been studying flight this term. We talked about the different forces acting on the rocket and we also introduced newtons laws to the class. We then gave a demonstration of a rocket in flight and gave room 3 & 4 a chance to have a go at launching the rocket.

 Both classes were really involved and showed a great understanding of how flight is achieved. They were able to talk about thrust, lift, drag and how friction affects our rockets flight. Some great connections were made, and it was a real pleasure linking up with Wesley Primary for a demonstration.


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  1. Anonymous30 July 2018 at 14:44

    Hi my name is Sophia from New Windsor School.
    That rocket was awesome! I like how you made a video so that I could actually see what happened! I really wish that I could have done that rocket as well! That reminds me of when I was in Australia and I had done some water rockets! Maybe next time you could make the video landscape so that I can see what happens more clearly. Was the rocket a water rocket?
    Thanks for your time!

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    1. Anonymous30 July 2018 at 15:37

      Thanks Sophia for the amazing comment. I will talk to my teacher about next time we do rockets to film it landscape. (It's some great advice) Yes it was a water rocket or some people call them bottle rockets.

      - Ingrid L. Room 9 Wesley intermediate school

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  2. Anonymous31 July 2018 at 08:45


    Hi my name is Ruby and i'm from new windsor school.
    Wow you blowed my mind I can’t believe you came up with that! That is so smart! It Must of token ages to make. It was so high it was almost as high as the clouds. It reminded me of a spaceship. I noticed that it went a little tilted so you could put it in right angle. How did you make it go so high?
    Thanks for your time!

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  3. Anonymous31 July 2018 at 10:07

    Hi my name is Emily and I am from new windsor school you really made my hair stand on end it was so amazing it must've taken a long time to build that rocket it went so high it probably touched the clouds. If you can do rockets than you can do anything else maybe next time you could try spaceships or airplanes I would really enjoy seeing those things on your blog.I bet that the rocket that you made brilliantly could of stayed up in the air for longer you could do this by making sure that it was up right because what I noticed was that at the very last second it went a little tilted.I know i’ve been saying a lot but i’ve just got a few more things to ask… How long did it take to build?, How much people were there to watch the rocket blast off?, and Why did you do it in the first place?
    Thank you for your time - Emily

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  5. Anonymous3 September 2018 at 12:21


    Hi.My name is Amelia from R12 from Nws
    I like how you showed us how the rocket worked and i like how you built it and showed us a video of it so we could have a look at it.
    It reminded me of when i put mentos in coke once.
    Would you do it again???
    Check out my blog

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  6. Anonymous28 November 2018 at 12:17

    Hello my name Is mason and I am room 24 at Owairaka school.I really like what you guys did I remember when I did something like this. Did you guys enjoy watching It. Thanks for sharing your learning. You should check out my blog (https://odsmasonp.blogspot.com/) blog ya later

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  7. Anonymous28 November 2018 at 12:24

    Kia ora, my name is Vinnie and i'm from Room 24 Owairaka School I really like your blog post about the L&P rocket because it went fast it went so fast I had to put it on slow mo! I remember when I did one of these it did not go very well, How long did it take you to set this rocket up? Thanks for sharing your learning You should check out my blog at https://odsvincentg.blogspot.com/

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