While I have shared a bat straw rocket before, a baseball bat straw rocket has not. They will be fun to explore too! Children get an opportunity to apply the concepts of lift and thrust as they explore straw rocket activities. The lift will be controlled by how they angle the baseball bat straw rocket. The thrust will be provided by the air your child blows through the straw.
Getting Ready to Explore Baseball Bat Rockets
Getting the Bat Straw Rocket Set
The STEM activity is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.
Bat Straw Rocket Activity and Recording Sheet
Gathering the Supplies
This activity will need the following supplies:
- Baseball Bat Picture
- Baseball Bat Recording Sheet
- Large Straw
- Drinking Draw
- Tape
- Scissors
- Measuring Tape and/or Yardstick
Putting the Baseball Bat Straw Rocket Together
- Children will need to cut off a piece of the large straw about 2 and a half inches long. They will need to tape one end of the straw closed.
- Then they will need to cut out their baseball bat picture.
- Next they can be glued or taped to the section of the large straw. The head of the baseball bat should be facingaway from the taped end of the straw.
- Finally, the baseball bat picture on the straw will need to be placed on the smaller straw.
How Far Will the Baseball Bat Fly
While some children will just need to measure the distance their baseball bat flies with a 12-inch ruler. Most children will need to use a yard stick or measuring tape to measure how far their baseball bat has flown.
After each flight, children will want to think about what they just did. Then they can think about what they want to do differently. They may want to tilt the straw up more or aim for a specific spot. They will also want to think about how hard or softly they want to blow the rocket.
The location you are using to fly is important to think about. Our rockets have flown further outside.
More Straw Rocket Activities to Explore
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