Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
Developing and using models
Using mathematics
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Systems and system models
Structure and functions
Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that logically sequences claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
The peak altitude or highest point of a rocket’s flight.
A specially wound and treated cardboard or lightweight plastic cylinder used to make the fuselage or airframe of a model rocket.
The period of time immediately following propellant burnout and preceding the ignition of the ejection charge of the engine during which the rocket coasts upward on its momentum.
The items needed for the design to be successful.
The limitations or boundaries of the design.
(model rocket) A miniature non-metallic solid fuel rocket motor that contains propellant and may contain a delay element and an ejection charge. Designed to impart force to accelerate the rocket during flight and to activate the recovery system at or near apogee.
The stabilizing and guiding unit of a model rocket; an aerodynamic surface projecting from the rocket body for the purpose of giving the rocket direction and stability.
An electrical device which initiates the combustion process in a rocket engine.
In the engineering design process, steps are repeated as needed with improvements made each time.
A round, hollow tube which slips over the launch rod to guide the model during the first few feet of flight until sufficient airspeed is reached allowing the fins to operate.
The foremost surface of a model rocket, generally tapered in shape for streamlining, it is usually made of balsa or lightweight plastic.
The period of time following the deployment of the recovery system which allows the rocket to drift easily back to earth.
A device incorporated into a model rocket for the purpose of returning it to the ground in a safe manner. Usually achieved by creating drag or lift to oppose the acceleration of gravity. All model rockets must employ a recovery system, such as a parachute.
The period of time during which the propellant is burning, and the rocket motor is producing thrust.
