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Veritasium

Jetpack Rocket Science

9th - 12th Standards
Fly high using the force of water. A segment of the Veritasium playlist applies the Newton's Laws of Motion via a jetpack. Using a CO2 fire extinguisher, the video demonstrates the idea of Newton's second law, without enough mass. While...
Instructional Video2:58
MinutePhysics

How To Go To Space

9th - 12th
Can you explain a complex topic using only simple words? The video narrator does just that! Using only the 1,000 most used words, he explains how a rocket leaves and returns to Earth. Scholars learn about opposing forces and how...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Kids Build Balloon Rockets

Pre-K - 1st
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids read and discover more about energy. In this feature, kids make balloon rockets using fishing line, tape, straws and balloons, and learn about potential and kinetic energy.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Von Braun

9th - 10th
In this segment, Ira talks with space historian Michael Neufeld, author of a new biography of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun.