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Paper Rocket Test Report

Names:

  1. Launch your rocket three times. How far did it fly each time? What is the average distance your rocket flew? Write your answer in the spaces below.
  2. Build and fly a rocket of a new design. Before flying it, predict how far it will go. Fly the rocket three times and average the distances. What is the difference between your prediction and the actual average distance?
  3. Build a third rocket and repeat step 2.
  4. On the back of this paper, write a short paragraph describing each rocket you built and how it flew. Draw pictures of the rockets you constructed.

Rocket 1 Make notes about the flights here:
How far did it fly
in centimeters?
  1.            
  2.            
  3.            
Average distance
in centimeters?
           

Rocket 2 Make notes about the flights here:
Predict how many
centimeters your rocket
will fly.

           

How far did it fly
in centimeters?
  1.            
  2.            
  3.            
Average distance?

           

Difference between your
prediction and the average
distance?
           


Rocket 3 Make notes about the flights here:
Predict how many
centimeters your rocket
will fly.

           

How far did it fly
in centimeters?
  1.            
  2.            
  3.            
Average distance?

           

Difference between your
prediction and the average
distance?
           

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