Straw Rockets
Science Standards: The way to change how something is moving is by
giving it a push or a pull. The size of the change is related to the strength,
or amount of force, of the push or pull.
To make your own straw rocket at home:
You will need:
• Drinking straw
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Tape
• Templates A and B on this page
Enjoy solving
this frog maze by
drawing a line
from the frog to
the flies it would
like to eat!
Template A (rocket body)
Do this:
1. Cut out Template A (rocket body), wrap it lengthwise
around a pencil and tape it so that it forms a tube.
2. While still on the pencil, create a nosecone by twisting and
then taping one end of the paper tube.
3. Cut out Template B (fins) and tape them to the lower part
of your rocket.
4. Next, carefully slide the rocket off of the pencil and onto a
straw.
5. Before you launch your rocket, make sure that no one is in
the pathway of your rocket.
6. Now blow through the straw to launch your rocket by using
a pushing force!
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Template B (fins)
nd
Grade
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hockey stick that you are applying a pushing
force with the stick. The energy from your body
is given to the stick. Notice that the energy
from the stick is given to the puck which makes
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higher or lower?