Florida
Space Grant Consortium
Mail Stop: FSGC
Center for Space Education Bldg. M6-306,
Room 7010 Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Tel # (321) 452-4301
Fax # (321) 449-0739
Email: fsgc@mail.ucf.edu
This
manual is intended to be a starting point that will open the
doors to endless possibilities only limited by your
imagination. The grade level is targeted to middle
school students but can be adapted for high school
students. Not every detail is included in this manual. There
is room for adjustments due to substitution of parts and the
availability of supplies. Students construct paper rockets and
launch them with an air pressure rocket launcher. Using simple
sighting devices, along with basic trigonometry and algebra,
the altitude the rockets reach can be determined.