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Transport and Travel - AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERWater Rocket Launch (developed by TryEngineering.org) Primary Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Cooperative Learning Activity
This lesson focuses on aerospace
engineering and how space flight has been achieved from an engineering
vantage point. Student teams build and launch a rocket made out of a soda
bottle, powered with an air pump, and consider the forces on a rocket,
Newton’s Laws, and other principles and challenges of actual space vehicle
launch.
Teacher
Blast Off! (developed by TryEngineering.org) Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability Cooperative Learning Activity
This lesson focuses on aerospace engineering and how space flight has
been achieved from an engineering vantage point. Students build and launch a
model rocket and consider the forces on a rocket, Newton’s Laws, and other
principles and challenges of actual space vehicle launch. Teacher Lesson Plan PDF Student Handouts [Word] |
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