Kids will explore and learn with Mikey as he launches a bottle rocket. Kids will expand their Spanish vocabulary, while learning how to make and launch a bottle rocket. Subscribe to learn with Mikey.
Concepts
While Mikey launches a bottle rocket, he touches on the following educational concepts:
- Arts & Crafts
- Pressure
- Outer Space
Vocabulary
- Cohete – Rocket
- Despegar – Blast off
- Botella – Bottle
- Agua – Water
- Botella de Agua – Bottle of Water
- Astronautas – Astronauts
- Espacio – Space
- Presión – Pressure
- Alto – High
Bottle Rocket Supplies
- One 1 liter bottle
- Four right triangles from cardboard
- One #10 cork
- One sheet of cardstock paper
- Bicycle pump with needle
- Three 1″ x 4″ x 6″ wood (launch base)
- Four 1.5″ wood screws (launch base)
Launch Base Assembly
- Cut three 6″ long pieces of 1″ x 4″
- Place one piece of wood flat on the ground and one piece of wood standing up on each side of the flat wood
- Drill four pilot holes
- Put the four screws into the wood
- Drill a 2″ hole on the flat wood
Launch Instructions
- Drill small hole (slightly smaller than pump needle) into cork all the way through
- Place the needle through the cork (make sure it goes all the way through the cork)
- Pour 6 oz of water into the rocket
- With the rocket upside down (opening of bottle pointed up), put the rocket through the flat part of base
- Put cork on the rocket
- Flip the rocket back over and set the base down
- Begin pumping air into the bottle until it launches