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Blast off!

Yesterday classes 5 and 6 made film canister rockets (using water and Alka Seltza tablets too) to demonstrate how a real rocket launches and defies the pull of gravity.

There were many cheers on the upstairs landing as our rockets flew up to the high ceiling (almost touching it)!

We found out that one and a quarter tablets was the best amount to produce the quickest launch.

We linked our learning in with forces and with Tim Peake’s imminent launch to the ISS next week on the Soyuz rocket.

Miss Land.

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21 Responses
  1. Rylie Ackroyd

    The film canister blast of was fantastic I really enjoyed it aspessaly when we put 2 mints in and the bit I also liked the classes joining together could we join together more ofturn Please?

  2. Becca

    The experiment we did with the film canisters and tablets was amazing it was exiting when they flew up it was so much fun :]

  3. Abigail

    I thought the experiment was very fun because when the film canister shot up to the sealing it made a loud noise.