This DIY stomp rocket is without doubt one of the easiest issues I’ve ever made and works amazingly effectively! Even our heavy kitchen roll and cardboard rocket flew excessive up into the air.
All you should make your individual stomp rocket is an empty 2-litre plastic bottle, plastic tubing and paper. It is that easy!
As soon as the stomp launcher is made, kids can experiment with rockets created from totally different supplies to see which fly the furthest.
Find out how to make the simplest stomp rocket ever!
You may want
An empty 2l plastic bottle
Plastic tubing
Tape
Paper/card
Felt tip pens
Directions – DIY Stomp Rocket
Connect the plastic tubing to the tip of the plastic bottle. My tubing screwed on tightly, but when it is unfastened, you may must tape it so no air can escape.
Make a rocket from both a kitchen roll/paper towel tube or a roll of paper.
Seal one finish of the rocket with paper or tape.
Beautify the rocket – optionally available.
Place the rocket on the tip of the tubing and squeeze the bottle onerous. The rocket will shoot up into the air.
We additionally experimented with a chunk of paper folded over and sealed on the aspect and high, which labored very well.
You probably have any totally different designs for a home made stomp rocket, I’d like to see them!
How does a stomp rocket work?
Whenever you soar onto the plastic bottle, the air is pressured out via the plastic tubing. The pressure of the air hitting the rocket pushes it into the air.
DIY Stomp Rocket – Extension Concepts
Arrange an investigation to find out if making a rocket heavier means it would not journey as far.
Change the size of the plastic tubing to analyze how the flight of the rocket adjustments.
Attempt pointing the tip of the stomp rocket straight up after which ahead to learn the way the trajectory of the rocket’s flight adjustments.
Purchase a stomp rocket launcher and evaluate it to your home made model.
Extra rocket science concepts for youths
A water-powered bottle rocket is probably the most highly effective rocket we have made. This kind of rocket shoots upwards in a short time, so keep in mind to face effectively again!
My straw rockets are very simple to make and a superb, easy rocket STEM problem.
A squeezy bottle rocket is a enjoyable indoor rocket exercise.
Watch a video of an actual rocket launch! This one under is wonderful because the boosters come again to down Earth and land in a selected place!
Science ideas
Forces
Gravity
Mass
Final Up to date on January 30, 2024 by Emma Vanstone
