Take Make Alka Seltzer Rockets Brownsburg Public Library

Take Make Alka Seltzer Rockets Brownsburg Public Library Blast off into the school year with a rocket you built yourself. using nothing but a film cannister and an alka seltzer tablet along with some water, watch your design soar into the atmosphere! brownsburg public library has been operating in the community since 1918. Instructions. turn the rocket upside down and pour water into the container. the amount of water you use will determine the launch height, so only fill the container about 1 4 to 1 3 full. drop 1 2 of an alka seltzer tablet into the water and quickly put the lid on. make sure the lid snaps completely into the container.

Alka Seltzer Rockets 3 Steps With Pictures Instructables Always point the rocket away from people, buildings, and animals. decorate the rockets with stickers. assemble the alka seltzer, liquids, paper towels, launch "pad", safety goggles. head out to the launch area. everyone but the person launching the rocket should stand a safe distance away. Use construction paper to decorate your film canister to look like a rocket, and use the index card to make fins for your rocket. make sure the film canister is positioned so the opening is at the bottom of your rocket. fill your film canister 1 3 full with water. break an alka seltzer tablet in half, and drop it into the water in the film. Put a generous glob of hot glue or silicon caulking on the donut and insert the straw into the centrifuge tubes. a chopstick wooden dowel was helpful to insert the straw into the centrifuge tubes. you can use a second chopstick to push the straw off. hot glue the rocket fins onto the outside of your rocket. All the water and gas rush down and out, pushing the canister up and up, along with the rocket attached to it. this is the law of action and reaction. the action is the gas rushing out of the rocket. the reaction is the rocket taking off in the other direction. in other words, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Alka Seltzer Rockets 3 Steps With Pictures Instructables Put a generous glob of hot glue or silicon caulking on the donut and insert the straw into the centrifuge tubes. a chopstick wooden dowel was helpful to insert the straw into the centrifuge tubes. you can use a second chopstick to push the straw off. hot glue the rocket fins onto the outside of your rocket. All the water and gas rush down and out, pushing the canister up and up, along with the rocket attached to it. this is the law of action and reaction. the action is the gas rushing out of the rocket. the reaction is the rocket taking off in the other direction. in other words, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Now, tape closed the 8 inch long seam of the paper tube. step 4. cut two triangular paper fins and tape them onto the rocket. step 5. make a small paper cone and tape it to the top of the rocket if you would like a nose cone. step 6. hold the rocket upside down and add water to the canister to one quarter full. step 7. When alka seltzer is added to the water in the film canister, carbon dioxide is released which builds pressure inside it. when the pressure builds high enough, it blows the canister apart from its lid. thus, launching the rocket in the air. • real world application: actual rocket uses the same concept. in an actual rocket engine, hot gas.