3, 2, 1... Lift off!

 Today for science were doing a water rocket science experiment. I think the rocket will shoot into the sky like a rocket because it is called a water rocket. I think it will fly over 5 meters into the air and then come crashing to the ground. I have no idea what a water rocket is so I'm very exited to find out how high it will fly and what it will do.

Have you ever used a aqua pod? An aqua pod is a orange looking launch pad that is used to launch a water rocket. To make the water rocket fly you first had to fill a 1/3 of it with water. Then you had to attach the bottel onto the valve. But to that so you don't spill the water from the bottle in the process you had to put the bottel on the ground - the right side up - and then put the valve on to the aqua pod onto the bottle turn it the right way up and you have it all set up. The rubber ring around the valve was there to hold the bottl eso it didn't spill any water while it was upside down.

Then you had to use the pump and pump it with your foot 8 - 12 times. After that you need to stand at least 5 meters away. And if your the one thats going to pull the string at the end then you should were saftey glasses. When you've finished setting up you need to stand 5 meters away and if your the one to pull the hold the string on the end and go as far away as can and then - maybe to a count down because its fun - ... Pull the string! And the bottle takes off! It goes about 5 meters into the air and then it comes down and while its in the air the water shoots out of it because of the air pressure. I think the more water the higher it goes because with more water it will spend more time in the air because it needs to release all that water and staying the air for longer causes it to go higher and higher and the more pumps you do will increase the air pressure which will make it go higher. Heres a link to see a video of the water rocket taking af and landing. Heres a another link to see a simmilar video.

This is just before blast off.

I enjoyed watching the water rocket blast off and watching the water shoot out of it. I found it difficult to wait for it to take off because the first time we did it it didn't work so Miss Hickling did extra pumps and then she tried it again and it worked. When we did the experiment we did it with our buddy class. The water rocket flew about 5 meters into the air and then came down. 

This is what it looked like when it was all put together.