Team Assumption Rocket Club

The goal of Assumption Catholic Parish School’s rocket club is to motivate and excite students about science and potential career opportunities in their future. Mr. Carter is a level certified private rocketeer with the National Association of Rocketry, who has been building and launching rockets with students for twenty years. He built his first rocket in sixth grade and has never stopped. He sees rocketry at an age of infancy and believes that sharing his knowledge with students can help advance the science of rocketry in the future. He hopes that an introduction to the initial build of mid and high-power rocketry will expand student knowledge and excitement for science by reaching higher altitudes with great speed.

Areas that are explored in this course of study: 

•  Newton’s three laws of motion and how they relate to model rocketry.
•  Identifying each part of a rocket and describing its function in relation to the four forces operating on any object moving through the air.
•  Designing, assembling and launching a model rocket which is finished so that it is aerodynamically stable, produces a minimum of drag, maximum momentum and uses an appropriate recovery system.
•  Using mathematical formulas to determine altitude and speed.
•  Recognizing the ways energy is transformed in a model rocket flight sequence.
•  Demonstrating proper safety procedures based on the Model Rocketry Safety Code when launching a rocket.

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Team Assumption Rocketry Club

Dear Parent,

The Team Assumption Rocketry (TARC) provides 7th through 8th-grade students a realistic experience in
designing a flying aerospace vehicle that meets a specified set of mission and performance requirements.
Students work together in teams the same way aerospace engineers do. Over a period of several months, they experience the engineering process and compete through qualifying flights of their rockets with thousands of peers across the country. The purpose of the TARC program is to inspire and excite students about learning and careers in science technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Challenge is not intended to be easy, but it is well within the capabilities of students of these ages with a good background in science and math and some craftsmanship skills.

The objective of the Challenge is to design, build, and fly a safe and stable model rocket to an altitude up to 1800 feet while also achieving a total flight duration of between 46 and 68 seconds and returning, using a parachute for its recovery. The TARC winner is the team that has the most fun while maintaining a safe environment while gaining and enriching themselves through education in science, engineering, and mathematics.


Starting the building sequence in T-Minus?

Sincerely yours,

Thomas Carter


                                   

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