TRI-SCI 1 Video Launch

Objective: To have students successfully create on-board video during a model rocket lfight.

Materials: Construction materials for model rocket, launch equiptment, power supply, small digital video camera, rocket motor.

With the guided assistance of the teacher, students will construct model rockets capable of lifting a small payload of a digital camera aloft and record video of the flight. The camera can also be used to document the construction process. "Dummy" payloads of the same weight and size of the camera may be test flown to determine the most stable and likely successful configuration.

After the video flight, the images can be shared with the entire class.

Interdisciplinary activities may include:

Art - Painting and decorating the rockets, interpretations of the video.
Language Arts - Writing exercises, including descriptive, instructive,emotive and narrative. Vocabulary. Poetry.
Social Studies/History - Students can research and report on aerospace history as well as the history of image capture.
Mathematics - Measurements
Science - Forces and Motion
Technology - History, development and future of image capture

Evaluation: Determined upon successfully completing the task.