Soda bottle rockets

[karenlyn]

I know that this isn't new and they've been doing this for years, but...

My daughter is doing those soda bottle rockets for science in a couple weeks, and the person who's rocket goes furthest wins a prize. Any suggestions on building a foolproof soda bottle rocket? I have no clue how...

Thanks!

[tater03]

I myself have never done this, but I think I have found something that might help you.http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~karplus/abe/soda-bottle-rocket.pdf Hope this will help you.

[Jessie Brooks]

Just make sure its perfectly level at take-off. My science teacher in high school got in much trouble when showing us this experiment out side - it went through a class window

[karenlyn]

Ooh, I won't be there for the launch, but I'll tell my daughter that. I can only help with the design and building process.

I thought, like, all kids did this in school at some point. No parents out there with experience that can give me advice?

Good link, btw, tater. Thanks!

[tater03]

You are very welcome. I hope it helps you. I actually never did this in school.