August 2007
Intermediate to advanced
190 pages
7h 38m
English
Make a juice-bag-powered rocket in less time than it takes to drink it.
You will need: An empty Capri Sun (or other foil-lined juice bag with a straw), a marker, some tape, and a foot
When my dad and I became frustrated building a complicated model rocket, we took a snack break and I had a Capri Sun. After I drank the juice bag dry, I figured out that I could make a stomp rocket in about ten seconds. I folded over one end of the straw that came with the juice and taped it closed. Then I blew air into the bag to inflate it and inserted the straw back into the hole. I put it on the floor, and “5, 4, 3, 2, 1 … blast off!” I stomped on the bag and the straw shot across the room. It was way faster ...