Matchstick Rockets
It’s great to also have smaller groups like the one on Mondays. They’re a bit more advanced, and also have advanced fun. For example, today’s lesson. First we got locked out and went on classroom safari. Then we had a nice presentation, then we made matchstick rockets. Then we launched them.
Needless to say, we had a large time.
Oh yeah, there’s a written assignment too.
Some rockets just fizzled out while others flew over three meters horizontally.
I learned how to do this from these sites below:
Bizarre Stuff — this one has a good variation building the rocket right onto the paperclip launchpad.
More stuff.
About.com –The History of the Match
How Matches Work
Bowman — Bloody good fun with trajectory.