Balloon Rocket Launch

On this Quest, you'll discover…

Build a rocket out of a balloon and send it down the line.

• Find out that people have used rockets to go into space and to travel to the Moon, and that a rocket is a system for pushing a vehicle into space.
• Let go of a blown-up balloon and describe which way the air went and which way the balloon went.
• Find out that a rocket moves by pushing exhaust gases out through its back end.
• Make a balloon rocket that runs along a fishing line and measure how far it travels.
• Test balloons of different sizes, compare the distances and evaluate which rocket worked best and why.