Hollis Schools Rocket Mission

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Hollis Schools Rocket Mission
All missions have experiments to learn
something new or how to improve things
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What does it take to launch a rocket?
Planning, testing, money, keeping track of time
and tasks
AND ALL OF US!
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How will everyone be involved?
What does it take to launch a rocket? The
schools work as a team of scientists and
engineers to understand rockets! Each class will
work on one task!
Time Capsule Messages and photos to be found
in the future by???
Design our payload The container for our cargo
A book Everything we do will be documented in a
book
Experiment Work with Florida Space Institute
and help them assemble the experiment
T.V. and News Interviews We have a reporter
that will visit us and write about our project
Watch the launch From school using web camera
Did you know?Hollis Elementary Schools are the
ONLYElementary schools in the USA that got the
opportunity to participate in a rocket launch?
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Our Rocket DesignA Sounding Rocket
Nose Cone
Payload
Stage 2 - body
Fins (3)
Stage 1 - body
Fins (3)
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The Flight of our RocketSuborbital Flight
Our rocket will climb to 57 km It takes a few
minutes for a rocket to reach that high
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What does it take to launch a rocket?YOUR JOB!
Each class will complete one task that will help
the team (the whole school) understand what does
it take to launch a rocket To answer the
question we will have to look at three areas
Propulsion, motion and steering
structure, materials, strength
environment
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How will we accomplish our job?

• 1st meeting (today)
• Introductions
• Tasks
• Time Capsule
• 2nd meeting
• Design an experiment to collect data that will
  help with class task
• 3rd meeting
• Perform the experiment
• 4th meeting
• Prepare to watch the launch
• Other Activities
• Assemble parts from FSI
• Payload design and building
• Watch the launch