Rocketeer - Recreate your model rocket kit in OpenRocket
When:
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Where:
Maplewood Public Library
Location
Who: Model rocketry is generally suggested for ages 10 and up (but my son started at age 4). Participating children should be able to identify a nose cone, distinguish parts of a rocket, and be able to operate their laptop.
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How much:
Cost for Child/Student: $0.00
Cost for Participating Adult/Educator: $0.00
Cost for Assisting Adult/Educator: $0.00
Please register by: Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 1:30pm
Description
See also: Assemble a Model Rocket Kit at Sumner Library (Minneapolis), Tue, Sep 23, 1:30pm–4:00pm.
See also: Launch your model rocket at Tripoli Minnesota (North Branch), Sat, Oct 11, 10am–4pm.
DIY Skill: Rocketeer
DIY Challenge 1: Assemble a Model Rocket Kit
DIY Challenge 2: Launch a Model Rocket
Custom Challenge 3: Use an inclinometer to estimate apogee
Please arrive with OpenRocket fully installed on your laptop as we only have the room for a limited time. Please download it, install and open the program and at least one example rocket before the workshop.
If you don't have a laptop, you can still come and see how it's done.
This workshop will take place in the Board Room of Maplewood Library. I expect this workshop to take 90 minutes, but we have the room until 3:30pm. (The room must be clean and ready for the next group by that time.)
This room seats 16, so including myself, I can accommodate up to 15 other people. Parents are invited to participate as well or to stay and assist their children during the workshop but do not need to do so. However, parents are asked to stay in the building or to arrange for another adult in the building to be responsible for their child during the workshop.
We will be recreating the Estes Viking model rocket kit which allows for up to 48 different fin configurations.
If you did not participate in the Sep 23 Rocketeer workshop, you can still attend and learn how to use OpenRocket.
Learn more:
- Introduction to Coordinate Geometry (online curriculum)
- The Beginner's Guide to Rockets (online curriculum)
- RocketModeler (interactive program)
- OpenRocket (model rocket simulator)
- Model Rocket Design And Construction, by Timothy S. Van Milligan (book)
- Handbook of Model Rocketry, by G. Harry Stine & Bill Stine (book)
Payment information
- Please plan to send your payment the same day that you register.
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Cancellation information
Cancellation deadline: Sun, Oct 5, 2014 - 1:30pm
TO CANCEL: (1) Please let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. TO CANCEL ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT: (1) Please let the organizer know if you are unable to attend — via email, text message or voice mail.
Additional information
Please arrive by:
Please plan to arrive about 15 minutes early in order to have plenty of time to find parking, check in with the organizer, visit the bathrooms and otherwise be prepared for our program to start on time. Please plan to be early to avoid being late due to inadequate maps, confusing road signs, road construction, heavy traffic, parking difficulties, inclement weather or uncooperative children.
Where to meet:
Please gather in the meeting room unless directed elsewhere by the staff. Please check in with the organizer when you arrive. I will be coming back into town from Eastman Nature Center from a program scheduled to end at 12:30pm. I've given myself plenty of travel time and will do my best to not be delayed be an extended program or to get struck in traffic, but if I'm late, assume that I'm somewhere on the freeway (and completely freaking out). Check in the group and start setting up tables and your own laptops. Ask the reference desk for any cables and bits necessary for me to hook up my laptop to the projector to show the kids how to do what we'll do.
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