Launching Rockets at Tamaki College

Today we were building our rockets at Tamaki College. We were finishing our rockets and preparing for launch off. We had to attach a paper streamer to a string which was going to be taped to the nosecone of our rockets and the other end taped to the rocket. Mr Dunn showed us how the nose of the rocket will deploy and cause resistance to the rocket when it comes back down for less impact. Next we had to add the engine and blutack. The engine was going to be placed inside the bottom of the rocket and the blutack was for the weight balance or else it will spin out of control. Mr Dunn then guided us the the launch area where we will test our rockets. Lining up to test my rocket, and unsure of what will happen when I launch my rocket. Watching everyone else's rocket launch was an amazing observation. The stream of gas that followed the rocket as it leaped into the clouds. Some of the rockets didn't go as planned and either didn't deploy the nose cone, or the fin came of. Then there were some that were successful and shot straight into the the skies. This wouldn't of happened without Mr Dunn and a bit of help from Mrs Ferguson.