Straw Rockets Day 1
Students will expand their knowledge of Newton's laws while building, launching and changing the design of paper rockets. This design and modeling exercise by JPL/NASA starts students off with a simple design and data collection question. Build, launch, and record. Students experience different iterations of the rockets from nose cones, fuselage length, mass, diameter, and fin shapes and sizes. There are articles linked into the presentation and notes to support the lesson through ELA. This is 1 of 2 lessons for this project.
Lesson Grade Level
7th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SKx6c72zbNObCszZqBiEGezx0fJcSQDC/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Technology 3. Knowledge Constructor Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering S6: Apply Communications to Engineering S7: Apply Project Management to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) Geometry (G) Number & Quantity (N) Reasoning with Vectors (RV) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) Writing Speaking & ListeningRelated Content
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