Can my kids make water bottle rockets to fire off at school?
Sure. Its easy. Here are a couple of tutorials. Now… “MAY” they make them – that is up to you and the teachers. An excellent tutorial: http://members.aol.com/hayhurst1/h2orocket.htm http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/2liter.html Materials: In order to build a bottle rocket several items must be acquired. The most important item is a two-liter soda bottle. Just go to a store and buy any brand soda that you want, or better yet, the bottle that looks the best to you. This soda bottle will serve as the body of the rocket. You will also need a piece of 3/32″ balsa wood for the fins. Other materials include a rubber based cement and a manila folder is needed for the nose cone. You are now ready to construct your bottle rocket Construction: Building the bottle rocket may look and sound complicated, but it is not. Th
