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Time Description Moderator Notes
9:30am – 10:00am Set-up at BarclayHopkins volunteer arrival and orientationDr. Foster arrives
Material-set up:Ami, Kristin, Blaze
10:00am – 10:10am Barclay Student Arrival; Make name-tags Morning snacks
10:10am – 10:15am Welcome and Intro of Today’s Activities
10:15am – 10:30am Dr. Foster Introduction/DiscussionMotivation/path into career; Q&A
10:30am – 10:45am Solar Power demoRocket Science Word-match game
10:45am – 11:00pm Switch and repeat
11:00am – 11:20am Solutions/Explanations and tie back into rockets Dr. Foster’s slides/demos
11:20am – 11:55am Design and build rockets*consider ratio of water to air*reinforce concepts just explained
Small groups of 3-4
11:55am – 12:00pm Second chance at Matching Game Winner launches first!
12:00pm – 12:30pm Launch outside or gym(rain location)
12:30pm – 12:45pm Concluding Remarks/ Preview of next week
12:45pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:30pm Clean-up
The sun produces heat and light throughnuclear fusion
Nearly all energy on earth can be traced to the sun
plants – photosynthesishumans – eating plants and animalsfossil fuels – decayed plants and animalsgreen energy – wind, solar, hydro
Solar cells were first developed for thespace program. Energy required for:
Propulsion in spacePowering electronics
Solar cells – lighter and require lessmaintanence
Get energy from sun – do not require refueling
Exercise: Fan speed
Try illuminating the solar cell with various light sources
Sun coming through a windowflashlightroom lightshalogen light
Which light source makes the fan spin the fastest?
Does the fan spin fastest with the bright or dim light source?
Objects at rest stay at rest.
Objects in motion stay in motion ...unless acted upon by an outside force.
Newton’s First Law
of Motion
A measure of how much matter is contained in an object.
Unless altered, this remains the same whether the object is on Earth, in Earth orbit, or on the
Moon.
MASS
A change in either the speed or direction of motion.
For example, when you step on the
accelerator pedal of a car, you cause an increase in this.
ACCELERATION
A push or a pull on an object.
When an object is at rest, this is balanced. When an object is in
motion, this is unbalanced.
FORCE
How do you ensure that the rocket flies in a straight line?
How do you control the change of direction?
Why do the gases coming out of the rocket move much faster than the rocket?
As fuel is consumed, what happens to the mass of the rocket?
rocket vessel material (paper or plastic) rocket vessel size (big or small bottle) amount of water in bottle launching angle air pressure (number of pumps) optional: nose cone and/or tail fins
Winner: Farthest horizontal travel distance
What is one thing you learned?What was the best part of the day?What is one thing you wish you could
have done?Will you be back next week? Answer:
YES!