launch rockets into the sky. This is the main correlation between October Sky and the process of becoming an entrepreneur. The Big Creek Missile Agency’s first rocket could be considered a success or failure depending on how you view their accomplishment. The rocket was constructed of an empty tube of a flashlight with a hole in one side filled with cherry bomb powder. After seeing the Sputnik satellite in the sky‚ Homer found a passion for learning about and involving himself with rockets. A similar
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Build Water Rockets Explain how they work and ask the students which of Newton’s laws apply to them. You should talk about what forces are acting on the water rocket to make it move (talk conceptually about the idea of a free body diagram). You should have the force from the ejected propellant acting upwards‚ and the weight and air resistance acting downwards. Talk about how each law applies to the physics of the water rocket. Try to have the students identify which
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part was when Homer Hickam finally achieved to launch his rocket sky high. Plot: Homer Hickam had problems with launching rockets at first because the rockets didn’t have the chemicals needed so the rockets can’t fly so far from he launches them. Conclusion: Homer Hickam had to use other chemicals instead of the one he was using and needed to build new parts for the rockets. He changed the fuel and try to launch the rocket. The rocket with the new fuel flies correctly. Summary The story
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and final velocities of an air powered projectile. Hypothesis: If the angle of the rocket is launched at 45 degrees than the distance and velocity will maximize. Materials: Rocket launching platform Rocket launcher Rocket body Air pump Safety goggles Rubber washer Nose cone 40‚ 45‚ 50‚ 55 and 60 angle wooden blocks Measuring wheel Procedure: 1. The rocket was assembled by the rocket launcher and screwed to the launching platform using two screws/washer/wing-nut set. 2
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von Braun can be known as one of the most important individuals to the development of modern rocketry. Wernher von Braun was instrumental in the development of liquid fueled rocket engines. He was also the head engineer of the V-2 missile. Wernher Von Braun played an important role in the development of liquid fueled rocket engines. One March 23‚ 1912 Wernher von Braun was born to the wealthy barons Emmy von Quistorp and Magnus von Braun. One of the most notable moments in his childhood was at
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2) A student measures the distance their rocket travels and has also recorded the length of flight. He works out the speed with the two values measured‚ and exclaims “I’ve worked out its top speed!” Discuss this statement. This is a false statement‚ the student has not worked out the rockets top speed‚ they have found the average speed of the rocket using the distance over time formula. 3) State Newton’s Third Law. Explain the third law using the rocket as your example. Newton’s third law states
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Comprehensive Art Examination Three Year Concentration for Regents Credit Monday‚ June 23‚ 2003 - 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. only MAXIMUM POINTS SCORE INITIALS A INITIALS B 15 20 TOTAL 100 10 10 15 10 10 10 VI. VII. VIII. Art History Design‚ Materials & Techniques Areas of Specialization Essay Design Exercise Drawing from Direct Observation Portfolio Evaluation* Portfolio Self-Assessment Essay* I. II. III. IV. V. Last Name First Name School Name OSIS Number Exam Number
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Stephanie October 22nd‚ 2013 Hour 3 The Perfect Rocket Actress Audrey Hepburn once said “I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.” In the movie October Sky‚ Homer Hickam is a young boy who has dreams outside of his mining town of Coalwood‚ West Virginia. He stretched his dreams and pushed himself until he launched his rocket to turn everyone into believers. He saw a little further and wanted opportunities outside of Coalwood .Throughout the movie
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where rocket-shaped models are flown vertically and recovered by a variety of means. The rockets may vary greatly in size and complexity.According to the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) safety code‚ model rockets are constructed of paper‚ wood‚ plastic and other lightweight materials. The code also provides guidelines for motor use‚ launch site selection‚ launch methods‚ launcher placement‚ recovery system design and deployment and more. Since the early 1960s‚ a copy of the Model Rocket Safety
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The heated stem went up through pipes into the sphere and then escaped from two L-shaped openings on opposite sides of it. This propelled the sphere in a rotating motion. No one knows for sure when the first “real rockets” were invented. It is often speculated that the first rockets were mistakes‚ caused by the first century Chinese. They used a precursor to gunpowder that contained sulfur‚ saltpeter‚ and charcoal dust. This mixture was filled into tubes of bamboo and thrown into fires during religious
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