Rocket Science Day 2

Today Year 6 have been presenting their information about rockets. The presentations were all very different and contained many interesting facts.

We did a Power Point presentation about rockets and told everyone about chimps being taken into space.

We told the class that the first rockets came from China.



We explained that to overcome the pull of gravity, a rocket must speed upward at 25,000 mph.
We informed everyone that the first people on the Moon were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
We talked about the power of Space Shuttles. Did you know that one Space Shuttle is more powerful than 100 Jumbo Jets?
We explained about the fuel needed to launch a rocket. Two liquid fuels are mixed together and as they burn hot gasses are created. These gasses shoot out of the back of the rocket, pushing it off the ground into the air.
We showed how rockets travel to space to explore and look at planets.
We described N.A.S.A's rocket garden where astronauts train before travelling to space.

We studied the V2 rocket which was developed in Germany in the 1930s. The first successful launch was in 1942, and it became the first mass-produced long range rocket.

We explained that early rockets were shaped like arrows and were not very powerful as their power only came from gunpowder.

We gave our presentation using clips from the internet. We showed the flight path of a shuttle and footage of a rocket blasting off! Look at our presentation on the video link. Yes! Mrs D has learned how to do it!!!!!! Blogtastic!

Our presentations were judged by Miss Brink.

The results were very close, but the two groups with the most points were Alex, Sam and George with 18 points, and Bob and Dan, also with 18 points. Well done boys!