Few classroom topics generate as much excitement as rockets. I want to bring science to life through the experience of building and flying a model rocket by integrating rocketry with science and math. The scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical foundations of rocketry provide exciting classroom opportunities for authentic hands-on, minds-on experimentation. The planned activities and lesson plans emphasize hands-on science, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. To make these lessons possible we need rocket kits. Student from 6-8 grade will participate in designing, building, and launching rockets.
My students are very hopeful that they will be able to take the lessons they have already learned about weight, height, energy, forces of motion, and apogee and apply it to building and launching rockets.
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Few classroom topics generate as much excitement as rockets. I want to bring science to life through the experience of building and flying a model rocket by integrating rocketry with science and math. The scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical foundations of rocketry provide exciting classroom opportunities for authentic hands-on, minds-on experimentation. The planned activities and lesson plans emphasize hands-on science, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. To make these lessons possible we need rocket kits. Student from 6-8 grade will participate in designing, building, and launching rockets.
My students are very hopeful that they will be able to take the lessons they have already learned about weight, height, energy, forces of motion, and apogee and apply it to building and launching rockets.
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