Under the watchful eye of Greg Butler, Churchill Road sixth graders Benjamin Scott, Ben Thrasher, Jimin Byeon, Audrey Leins and Katie Williams wait expectantly to see how high their rocket will go. Photo by Kim Moran
During the second week of school, groups of Churchill Road sixth graders conducted a scientific experiment using the rockets they built in science class. The cardboard rockets were fueled with a mixture of alka-seltzer and water in their boosters (film canisters). Science teachers, Chrissy Frantz and Bob Timke, as well as Greg Butler (instructional assistant) helped with the launch and measurements. After each launch, the students recorded the height each rocket traveled; then looked at the correlation between rocket weight and launch height. The students discovered that the lighter rockets gained the most height.