Advanced Rocketry: Bigger, Faster, Higher
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Take high school rocketry to new heights.
Move beyond basic rocket projects to rockets capable of carrying payloads at supersonic speeds in this follow-up workshop to Introduction to Rocketry: The Science of Stable Flight.
Learn how to safely build and launch rockets with the capability of carrying science experiments as you earn the certification necessary to incorporate these projects into your classroom curriculum.
Build and launch a 48-inch Patriot replica rocket kit capable of reaching altitudes of approximately one-quarter mile. Upon successful recovery of your rocket, become certified as a Level 1 members of the Tripoli Rocketry Association, the international association for amateur rocketry.
Details
- Dates: July 14-18, 2008
- Location: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- Grade Levels: 9-12
What You Take Home
- Patriot replica (1/4 scale) rocket kit ($98.95 value)
- Tripoli Rocketry Association membership and handbook ($70 value)
- Classroom site license of Apogee Components' RockSim rocket simulation software ($125 value)
- Project supplies, paint and materials ($50 value)
- Strategies for using high power rocketry, payloads and engineering design to enhance classroom learning
- Experience building and launching an H-motor rocket
- 3 continuing education units (CEUs) from Texas Tech University
- 30 hours Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit
Schedule
| Day 1 |
Welcome to Texas Tech. Get checked in, meet the T-STEM Center staff and join us for breakfast and an overview of high power rocketry as we start off the week.
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| Day 2 |
Designed to Fly. Understand how the physics of flight constrain the design of rockets made to fly at high speeds and even higher altitudes.
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| Day 3 |
Built to Launch. Learn how high power rockets are built to withstand high power flight by examining the design of construction materials and recovery systems.
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| Day 4 |
Wrap Up. Complete your rockets and learn about Tripoli testing and launch protocols as you make final preparations for the big launch.
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| Day 5 |
Lift Off. See your hard work take flight, celebrate the week's successes and tell us your opinions about your experiences at Texas Tech.
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About the Instructors
Pat Gordzelik is first and foremost a rocket man. Pat is the vice president of the Tripoli Rocketry Association — the international organization for rocketry enthusiasts — as well as president of the Panhandle of Texas Rocketry Society (POTROCS).
Pat enjoys pushing the limits of high power rocketry by designing and building custom rocket motors and has been a safety consultant for the SciFi Channel's television show Master Blaster's. In his virtually nonexistent spare time, Pat advises the T-STEM Center on its K-12 rocketry content.
This is Pat's fourth year to teach Advanced Rocketry at Texas Tech.
John Chandler is a director of the T-STEM Center who loves to build rockets. With over 10 years of experience doing K-12 education outreach, John has encouraged thousands of students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
John is a member of the board of directors for the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering and also serves on the engineering working group for the review of the science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
This is John's seventh year to train K-12 teachers at Texas Tech.
T-STEM Center, Box 43103, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3103
806.742.3451