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our school was looking into this program and were wondering
if there was an educator discount and group lic. and if
you've used it and like it.
thank you
by John Manfredo
Jan 16, 2007
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To All Interested Science Teachers!
RockSim is a computer program that allows you to design any
size rocket, and then simulate its flight to see how high,
and how fast it will fly. You can also use it to find the
best rocket motor combinations for your existing kits, and
to teach yourself and others ab...See More/blockquote>
To All Interested Science Teachers!
RockSim is a computer program that allows you to design any
size rocket, and then simulate its flight to see how high,
and how fast it will fly. You can also use it to find the
best rocket motor combinations for your existing kits, and
to teach yourself and others about the physics of rocket
flight. More modelers, teachers, and engineers use RockSim
than all the other rocketry programs combined! Rocksim
offers the educator a wonderful tool to teach about
rocketry. Here are some of the many benefits:
1. Allows the student to simulate hundreds of rocket
flights very quickly -- this saves lots of money! Just
think of the time saved too. You don’t have to spend
hundreds of dollar buying motors and hours-and-hours of
time building different configurations, launching,
recovering, and repacking rockets.
2. Safety. When you go out to fly rockets, knowing how
they’ll behave is an important aspect of safety.
Precautions can be made. By running the simulations, the
students learn what aspects contribute to safety.
3. The scientific value is awesome. RockSim is packed with
useful features and generates mountains of data. Analyzing
this data is a fantastic way to teach the scientific
method.
4. Using RockSim is fun! It has features like a video game,
so the students may not realize how much they are learning
at the same time.
5. RockSim is the same tool that is used by real rocketry
professionals - like NASA, military contractors, and
universities. So you can feel confident in the results you
get back from the program.
6. The software allows students to explore their
creativity. They can design vastly different looking
models, while learning engineering skills, assembly steps,
and physics.
Here are just some of the many topics you can explore with
RockSim:
1. Aerodynamics and drag reduction
2. Forces of flight: Lift, Drag, Thrust, and Gravity
3. Projectile motion
4. Rocket propulsion as used for space travel
5. Atmospheric studies: how does temperature and pressure
affect performance?
6. Planetary differences: how does the same rocket perform
on different planets in our solar system.
7. Dynamics and harmonic motion with damping
8. Engineering - how parts fit together
9. Newton’s Laws of motion
10. Artistic expression
11. Explaining distance, velocity, and acceleration.
12. Material properties, like density and volume
13. The importance of weight and balance (CG position) when
designing rockets
14. Explaining that Work = force X Distance
15. Explaining the concepts of Kinetic and Potential Energy
16. Showing free-fall, and terminal velocity
17. The importance of units and unit conversion
18. Following directions
19. Exporting data and using spreadsheet programs to
perform data reduction and manipulation
20. To show why multi-stage and cluster motor rockets are
used
21. Concept of stored chemical energy (in the rocket
propellant) and how it is converted to mechanical energy
22. Concept of efficiency - getting the most performance
from the least exertion of energy. Can be explained by the
different types of propellant formulations
23. Showing the concept of momentum and how it affects the
optimum mass of the rocket
24. Finding the optimal launch angle for breezy conditions
25. Optimal launch angle for distance (ballistic curves),
and how it varies with the thrust curve of the motor
26. Show how the distribution of mass affects the dynamic
stability of the rocket
27. Demonstrating the concept of “Numeric Precision” -- the
more iterations performed, the better the accuracy.
28. Show how different shaped components affects the static
stability of the rocket
29. Compare the thrust curves of different motors. This can
show how different geometries (hole size, location,
dimensions) affect the thrust produced by the rocket.
30. Concept of “Impulse:” which is a thrust force
multiplied by the time duration that thrust is created. The
higher the impulse, the more power the motor has.
RockSim was the first software that combines both “design”
and “simulation” into one seamless program. What that means
is that you create a drawing of the rocket, and simply
click a button to see how that design will perform. That
makes it quick and easy to check the feasibility of your
ideas. RockSim is a “Certified Educational Product,” which
is a special recognition given by the Space Foundation to
products used in educational environments that stimulate
interest and knowledge about space.
A Teacher’s Manual is also available which includes lesson
plans, quizzes, and so much more! This meets the national
science standards.
Go to [link removed]
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This educational freeware site lists free software
appropriate for classroom use.
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I'm looking for educational software on mobile devices
like this site [link removed]
There's plenty of computer related software but I don't
want to drag my computer on vacation
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Has anyone tried the Tom Snyder's Decisions, Decisions
5.0? If so, please let me know how you and your students
liked it. I am trying to find good educational software for
my 8th grade history class, if you have any suggestions I
look forward to hearing them.
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On 1/14/07, sandy/mo wrote:
> our school was looking into this program and were wondering
> if there was an educator discount and group lic. and if
> you've used it and like it.
>
> thank you
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