My AMAZING WORK!! ~ Science
Hey everyone! I am here to talk about, in my opinion, my best work that I have done in science. We had to build a paper rocket that we could launch. We had an investigative question that we needed to answer after all of our tests were done. We also had to come up with a hypothesis. We had to insert a straw into the rocket and blow to launch it.
Investigative Question
What effect does weight have on our strawket?
Hypothesis (If….then…because…)
If we put the paperclip on the tip, then it will go further than the clip at the bottom because the weight is more forward.
Materials (Single Column List)
Paper Rocket
Paperclip
Straw
Tape Measure
Procedures (Numbered Steps)
- Put the clip in the middle of the head
- Insert the straw into the bottom of the rocket
- Put the straw in your mouth
- Point the rocket up
- Listen to your teacher say go
- Shoot the rocket
- Measure how far it goes
- Write the data down
- Repeat
Results (Date Table – Trials – Averages)
Trials | Distance | Comments |
1 | 4.5 meters | Ok |
2 | 5.35 meters | Getting better |
3 | 4.75 meters | Ok |
Average | ≈ 4.9 meters | Ok |
(Conclusion)
In my hypothesis, I said that the strawket would go further if the weight is at the tip. I was wrong because a person that did put their weight at the back went 5.7 meters. There are many factors that could have affected how far the strawket went. Some examples could be how well the strawket is built, wind, how hard you blow into the straw, and many other things. For the investigative question, weight does affect the strawket. When I had no weight on the strawket, the average distance was about 3 meters. When we added weight to the tip, the average distance was 4.9 meters.
I chose this piece because I put a lot of effort into it. I am really satisfied on how it turned out.