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Bronze award: How do rockets work?
In this activity students build a model rocket from a kit and test it works
They can investigate the effect of differing engine size or measure the maximum altitude reached by a rocket by using a clinometer and a long tape measure or trundle wheel – a distant observer measures the maximum angle reached by the rocket, and then uses trigonometry to calculate the height. They can also measure the flight time and discuss how the maximum altitude or flight time vary with payload mass.
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