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.
• 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.
Team Assumption Rocketry Club
Sincerely yours,
Thomas Carter