Following on from our post (below) back in May, Dr Frimpong, along with Ms Miller, took a group of Year 7 students to Brighton with their rocket cars to compete in the National Rocket Car Championships at Hove Park School!!
EGS were in third place after the first race but unfortunately failed to secure a placing after it was decided to carry out a second race and an average taken, however, they still came 4th overall which is a fabulous result.
Congratulations to them 🙂
A fun day was had by all and thank you to Hove Park School for hosting.
Race to the Line Competition
Year 7 engaged in a design competition as part of science week. The Learning Partnership runs the competition each year to inspire young engineers across the country. The brief was to design a rocket car with the materials provided. The key principle was that the car be aerodynamic, which they would achieve by applying their knowledge from science lessons on Newton’s Second Law.
Working in groups, the students assembled and modified the cars. Starting from a foam block, they used a variety of tools construct, shape and add some artistic flare to their designs.
The set up: the launching device was stuck to the ground with a wire going through it. The wire would go through hooks on the bottom of the car (for safety purposes – ensures the car does not jet off in a random direction).
The distance was the same for every launch (8 meters).
When the launcher was activated, a nail would pierce a CO2 cannister in the back of the cars. The gas would then propel the car to the end.
We recorded every launch and extracted the time taken from launch to collision.
Group 4 (Adwaith, Fola, and Kaiden) achieved the best time of 0.40 seconds (an excellent speed of 20 meters per second!)
Thank you to Science Department (teachers and technicians) for delivering the programme and facilitating the launches!
Overall, the students had a fantastic time from start to finish. The screams of excitement and eager eyes during the launches were proof of a job well done!
