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Polymer Rockets
Students examine polymer rockets and complete an activity. In this rockets activity students design, create and test a polymer rocket and have a blast off competition.
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Model Rockets
Students build a model rocket. In this model rocket lesson, students explore a rocket launch cycle. Students investigate the laws of physics for each part of the launch. Students build model rockets and launch at school.
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Rockets on a Shoestring Budget
Students, operating under simulated budget constraints, build pop-rockets and launch them. Working in pairs, they complete budget worksheets and use their "Blast Off Bucks" to pay for the construction. They then redesign their rockets...
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Learn to Build a Rocket in 5 Days or Your Money Back
Students discover the entire process that goes into designing a rocket for any customer. They study important factors such as supplies, ethics, deadlines and budgets. Also, students explore about the Engineering process, and recognize...
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Rockets
Pupils work together in groups of 5 to build a model rocket from a rocket kit. In this rocket activity, students launch the rocket when it is constructed. The pupils will use simple materials to build and launch their own model rocket.
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Pop Rockets
Students work together to design and build a paper rocket. They place a propellant in the contraption to make it fly. They discover Newton's third law of motion.
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Soda Straw Rocket Activity
Students construct a rocket using soda straw. In this physics lesson, students determine the nose cone length that produces the best rocket. They explain the importance of using a control in an experiment.
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Rockets: Kinematics or Energy?
High schoolers construct model rockets, measure and record the height of the launch. In this creative instructional activity students use different methods to calculate velocity and height data from their launched rockets.
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Systems, UP, Up and Away!
Students discuss rockets and how they work. Students research basic information about the Space Shuttle. Students work in collaborative groups creating "rockets" with empty film canisters. Students launch their "rockets" and record...
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Rocket Science
Learners examine what it takes to be a rocket scientist and other related careers. In this rockets lesson students use the Internet to do their research.
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Getting in Shape Again
Students create rocket shapes out of pattern blocks. They draw a picture of a rocket, build a pattern block rocket following simple directions, and complete a graph of the shapes used.
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Building and Launching Rocket Kits
Students, in groups, build and decorate rocket kits and then launch them.
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Speed & Velocity with Straw Rockets
Eighth graders explore calculating speed and velocity with Straw Rockets.
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Learn to Build a Rocket in 5 Days
Students explore physics by participating in an engineering activity. In this rocket lesson, students define a list of scientific vocabulary terms such as "re-engineering" and "trade-off." Students identify the rocket creation process by...
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Water Rocket
Students study the basic operation of a water rocket. In this propulsionlesson students complete several experiments on constructing a bottle rocket launcher.
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Alka-Seltzer Rockets: How to Build Your Own Rocket
Students create a rocket using Alka-seltzer of baking soda and vinegar. In this physics instructional activity, students identify the factors affecting the length of time the rocket is propelled. They relate this activity to actual...
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Model Rockets
Students study the basics of a model rocket and its classifications. In this rocket lesson plan students determine the flight duration of a model rocket.
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Physics: Water-Bottle Rockets
Young scholars research how physics laws create motion and propel rockets. They examine how to build water-bottle rockets.
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Blast Off!
Learners build their own rockets. In this rocket instructional activity, students create the highest flying rocket they can powered by effervescent antacid tablets and water in film canisters. They listen to the story How to Build a...
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Rocket Construction
Learners create rockets out of wood. They practice using comparison words to describe the differences in height. They also color pictures of rockets from different countries.
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Rocket Physics
Young scholars investigate the relationship between impulse, momentum, kinetic and potential energy and aerodynamic drag. In this physics lesson, students calculate data taken from launching a rocket. They compare the theoretical and...
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Bottle Rocket Lesson
Students design a rocket that stays on air for the longest period of time. In this physics lesson plan, students research the function of different rocket components. They test their design and make necessary modifications.
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Rocket Problems
Students solve problems related to rockets. They build a space station out of wood and are given an imaginary problem related to construction. They discover how NASA uses problem solving skills to solve issues related to the...
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Newton Rocket Car
Young scholars observe a demonstration of Newton's third law of motion using a small wooden car. They discuss Newton's third law of motion and what happens to motion if the mass or acceleration is increased, construct their car, and...