Presenting today for VAIS tech conference.

Today I am presenting at the VAIS tech conference at Flint Hill.  My topic is Rockets and Project Based Learning.  It is my favorite 6th grade unit of the year.  The kids prep for building by learning a bit of aerodynamics then using numerous rocket simulators and our homemade wind tunnel.  When we launch, they do so under low pressure to test the rockets' performance and then we crank the psi to about 100 and off they go.  The kids get a real feel for design, build, test, redesign, test, modify, fail, rebuild, test, .... and then hopefully they get a 400'+ launch.