For the past two months, Explorers have been working on their entry for the 20th Annual Unnatural Resources Fair competition. The Unnatural Resources Institute hosts the annual fair and competition to inspire people to look at objects in a different light and to recycle. Explorers used cardboard, newspaper, paper tubes, thread spools, foam hose, bottle caps, buttons, etc that were destined for a recycle bin or trash can to create their sculpture of an astronaut holding an American flag and walking its Martian dog. Their entry, "Mission to Mars", was entered in the science category at the fair. They won first place with their entry! Thank you to Mr. Phillips and Ms. Moore for their assistance with this project. Note that we were so busy constructing cubes and covering them with paper mache that we forgot to document all of the steps and all of the Explorers helping. We will work on doing a better job next time.
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Explorers watched a short animated video from BrainPop that explained lift, drag, thrust and weight. Then they went outside to launch their soda straw rockets. They launched their rockets using different variables (posture, degree of launch, etc) to see how they affected the rocket's distance. They recorded their rocket's distance on a Flight Chart. The furthest recorded distance was 720cm. Wow! Scientist Notes: Observations of Rocket Launch
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Explorers had a great first meeting! Thank you to all of our new explorers and their parents. Explorers nominated and elected officers (president, vice-president, secretary & 2 reporter/photographers), learned the 4H pledge and built paper soda straw rockets. They will learn more about aerospace and physics at our next meeting, October 20th by launching their paper rockets from soda straws and recording their results. Please remember to bring your completed WC Explorer and 4H forms to the October 20th meeting or by turning them into Ms. Maxwell prior to the 20th. Resources:
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