Rubberband Powered Rockets

Let's build a rocket and use a rubberband launcher to make it fly!

What You Need

• toilet paper tubes
• construction paper and/or aluminum foil
• tape
• card board
• streamers
• scissors
• 2x4, 2 nails, rubber bands

What You Do

1. Decorate Tube
2. Cut 4 slits in one end of tube.
3. Cut out 2 triangles.
4. Cut a slit halfway through the triangle 1 from the top.
   Cut a slit halfway through triangle 2 from the button.
5. Place the triangle 2 in the rocket.
   Place triangle 1 in the rocket.
6. Cut out a circle.
7. Cut a slit from the edge to the center.
8. Turn your circle into a cone and tape it.
9. Tape the cone to your rocket.
10. Build your launcher using a 2x4 base, 2 nails, and rubber bands.
11. Compare the launchers. Which works best?

Adapted from Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/rocket/

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