How do you feel about it? What things stand out?
In my opinion, I loved this project. I had a lot of fun designing our rockets and creating everything. We had a lot of freedom throughout the project, so we got to do our work fast and then at the end we had time to make any final adjustments that we needed to make.
What, if any, science or technological things did you learn from doing this project? What is necessary to understand to build a successful rocket?
To build a successful rocket, you need to be a little educated on rocketry, but you also need to be creative while building your rocket. You have to know how to build the body, how to build the fins, how to construct a good nosecone, and how to make sure that one side isn't way heavier than the other. You also need to be educated in how to create a motor that works with a correct ejection charge.
What, if any, metacognitive knowledge did you gain?
I learned that as a worker, I do a lot better if I spread out my work and use my time wisely. Before, I would always do my work in spurts and I would either do my work fast and then do it sloppy, or I would procrastinate, but this section for the rocket, I felt like I did very good and I took my time and created a very good rocket.
How did you collaborate with others in this project?
I worked with Jesus Lopez. We have worked to together on a lot of projects. I thought that we work very good together because we always split up the work evenly and we both contribute very good quality work.
If you could do this project again, would you do anything differently? What advice would you give to the next class of rocketeers?
I would tell them what I said in the questions above. I would tell them to use their time wisely and they will not get stressed at all and they will come out with an amazing product. They should plan out with their partner on how they are going to split up the work evenly. Each of the partners should do an even amount of work so that one partner isn't doing most of the work.
Based on your responses above, what advice or suggestions would you give to Andrew to help him design a better rocket project?
I suggest that Andrew doesn't change anything because personally I loved the whole project and I would like to do it over and over again because I had a lot of fun constructing a rocket with a partner that I got to choose.
In my opinion, I loved this project. I had a lot of fun designing our rockets and creating everything. We had a lot of freedom throughout the project, so we got to do our work fast and then at the end we had time to make any final adjustments that we needed to make.
What, if any, science or technological things did you learn from doing this project? What is necessary to understand to build a successful rocket?
To build a successful rocket, you need to be a little educated on rocketry, but you also need to be creative while building your rocket. You have to know how to build the body, how to build the fins, how to construct a good nosecone, and how to make sure that one side isn't way heavier than the other. You also need to be educated in how to create a motor that works with a correct ejection charge.
What, if any, metacognitive knowledge did you gain?
I learned that as a worker, I do a lot better if I spread out my work and use my time wisely. Before, I would always do my work in spurts and I would either do my work fast and then do it sloppy, or I would procrastinate, but this section for the rocket, I felt like I did very good and I took my time and created a very good rocket.
How did you collaborate with others in this project?
I worked with Jesus Lopez. We have worked to together on a lot of projects. I thought that we work very good together because we always split up the work evenly and we both contribute very good quality work.
If you could do this project again, would you do anything differently? What advice would you give to the next class of rocketeers?
I would tell them what I said in the questions above. I would tell them to use their time wisely and they will not get stressed at all and they will come out with an amazing product. They should plan out with their partner on how they are going to split up the work evenly. Each of the partners should do an even amount of work so that one partner isn't doing most of the work.
Based on your responses above, what advice or suggestions would you give to Andrew to help him design a better rocket project?
I suggest that Andrew doesn't change anything because personally I loved the whole project and I would like to do it over and over again because I had a lot of fun constructing a rocket with a partner that I got to choose.