Class Overview
The first semester is designed to ignite the student's desire to learn and enhance 21st Century Learning skills through hands-on projects in 15 modules supported by fun-filled PowerPoints and discussions.
Lectures, labs, and projects are designed to teach foundational knowledge and problem-solving tools found within the four main energy systems: mechanical, fluid, electrical and thermal. As the semester advances and in-depth learning increases, students are also required to design and build 3 small-scale rockets, each with increasingly more difficult criteria.
The second semester begins with an introduction to the industry approved Research Design and Development Loop (RD&D Loop) which is used for the second semester class project-design and build a rocket to take a 1.0-lb payload to an altitude of 5,280 feet.
Note: Seniors taking this course qualify for a $1000 scholarship at New Mexico Tech located in Socorro, NM.
Pathway Classes
Tsiolkovsky Level (Systems Go 1)
The first semester is designed to ignite the student's desire to learn and enhance 21st Century Learning skills through hands-on projects in 15 modules supported by teacher-friendly PowerPoints and discussions. Lectures, labs, and projects are designed to teach foundational knowledge and problem-solving tools found within the four main energy systems: mechanical, fluid, electrical and thermal. As the semester advances and in-depth learning increases, students are also required to design and build 3 small-scale rockets, each with increasingly more difficult criteria. The second semester begins with an introduction to the industry approved Research Design and Development Loop (RD&D Loop) which is used for the second semester class project-design and build a rocket to take a 1.0-lb payload to an altitude of 5,280 feet. Note: Seniors taking this course qualify for a $1000 scholarship at New Mexico Tech located in Socorro, NM.
Oberth Level (Systems Go 2)
Application of the student’s Tsiolkovsky level understanding and learning; the furthered development of 21st Century skills; and the design, development, and testing of a transonic vehicle. The first semester encapsulates the “early” design aspects of the vehicle’s performance and configuration. The students, or project team, will develop a flight profile using Excel. The profile will predict all flight dynamics, determine propulsion performance and stresses that will be applied to the vehicle during testing. The second semester will be an application of the student's first semester's understanding and learning; the furthered development of life and work skills; and the final development, testing, and analysis of the test vehicle. Note: Seniors taking this course qualify for a $1000 scholarship at New Mexico Tech located in Socorro, NM. and additional scholarships are available for students completing Systems Go Pathway.
Research: Principles of Applied Rocketry (Systems Go 3)
Course provides students with the opportunity to focus on one or more areas of technology, creatively pursuing new knowledge or solving a technological problem, by designing and building prototypes and working models centered around rocketry and space flight. Appropriate information is learned and applied in order to complete the research and development process. Student centered learning and evaluation lead to a portfolio of work that may be used to satisfy a variety of purposes including scholarship applications and college entrance requirements. Note: Scholarships are available for students completing Systems Go Pathway
