{"id":21360,"date":"2019-08-03T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=21360"},"modified":"2019-07-28T16:55:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T20:55:49","slug":"stomp-rockets-steam-done-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/stomp-rockets-steam-done-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Stomp Rockets: STEAM Done Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently learned the joys of stomp rockets, these super simple launching devices can lead to tons of scientific exploration and can be made for less than $2!<\/p>\n<p>So far this summer we have used these for a day long rocket launching program and a demonstration at a county run summer camp. The kids have been totally captivated. So our plan is to make a couple to drop off at the summer camp locations so the kids can experiment in their free time. This lead me to wonder where else would it be possible to have these cheap tools available for bored and curious kids?<\/p>\n<p>Since these have relatively low power they can be launched inside as long as the space has high ceilings so recreation centers, after school programs (cafeterias and gyms) and the like would be a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>Materials for Launcher:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 pieces of 1\/2 inch diameter PVC pipe, ours were each about 2 feet<\/li>\n<li>1 piece of elbow or L PVC<\/li>\n<li>Tape<\/li>\n<li>2 litter bottle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Materials for Rocket:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tape<\/li>\n<li>Paper of any kind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21361 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Preparation for stomp rockets\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819-650x598.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819-544x500.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819-98x90.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3819.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21362 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Preparation for Stomp Rockets\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815-768x1109.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815-450x650.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815-346x500.jpg 346w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815-62x90.jpg 62w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3815.jpg 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch a video of one of my coworkers launching a rocket <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CRr2r1TiOMM\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A few more resources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Paper-Stomp-Rockets-Easy-and-Fun\/\">Paper Stomp Rockets<\/a> by Indestructibles<\/p>\n<p>This is more complicated than the one we built but gives you good ideas if you want to up your game!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5bO8dpPuG4E\">DIY Space: Stomp Rockets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a super informative link from NASA of course.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Erin Lovelace is the Co-Chair of the Library Service to Underserved Children and Their Caregivers Committee and a Children&#8217;s Librarian in Henrico, Virginia. She loves cats, curiosity and pretending like she can grow plants.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post addresses the following ALSC Core Competency: III. Programming Skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently learned the joys of stomp rockets, these super simple launching devices can lead to tons of scientific exploration and can be made for less than $2! So far this summer we have used these for a day long rocket launching program and a demonstration at a county run summer camp. The kids have been totally captivated. So our plan is to make a couple to drop off at the summer camp locations so the kids can experiment in their free time. This lead me to wonder where else would it be possible to have these cheap tools available for bored and curious kids? Since these have relatively low power they can be launched inside as long as the space has high ceilings so recreation centers, after school programs (cafeterias and gyms) and the like would be a perfect fit. Materials for Launcher: 2 pieces of 1\/2 inch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[269,1604,93,1607,414],"tags":[1782,1783,451,1787],"class_list":["post-21360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-library-service-to-underserved-children-and-caregivers-committee","category-competencies-for-librarians-serving-children-in-public-libraries","category-outreach","category-programming-skills","category-stemsteam","tag-alsc-library-service-to-underserved-children-and-their-caregivers-committee","tag-rockets","tag-steam","tag-stomp-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}