On Thursday, January 15th, I did a couple of rocket workshops at Machias Elementary in Snohomish as part of their annual Day of Science. I've been presenting here at Machias for about a decade now! There were 50-60 kids in each of my groups and they worked in cooperative teams of 5 to design, build and launch the rockets. The rocketry workshop is a mix of science, math and teamwork. The rockets are built from scratch using 2-liter bottles, foam core boards, clay, paper and tape. I use an air compressor to pressurize the rockets and a well built rocket can go 400 feet or more. We did nearly 50 launches during the workshops. Each team launches twice, so that they can apply the lesson form the first launch. In one of the pictures below you can see a water plume following a rocket. Although this is too quick to see with the eye, the camera is able to capture the moment. Thanks to the teachers and parent volunteers for all your help!
