Rockets

Teach a great lesson about rockets and forces!  (grades 5 - 9)

• Detailed lesson plan (includes directions for making a simple launcher at the end of the document):  http://download.micron.com/pdf/education/k12_pdf_lessons/forces.pdf
• Slides for lesson:  http://download.micron.com/pdf/education/k12_pdf_lessons/forces_presentation.pdf
• Launcher directions:  http://download.micron.com/pdf/education/k12_pdf_lessons/launcher_plans.pdf

 Rocketry Booklets/Guides:

• CAP's Model Rocketry (a CAP publication)
• Rockets:  An Educator's Guide (a 2008 NASA publication)
• Rockets:  An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology (a 2003 NASA publication)

Simulators:

• NASA's Water Rocket Simulators