4th Grade: Force and Motion with Paper Rockets
by Huda Clemens
This lesson focuses on teaching 4th-grade students the fundamental concepts of force and motion through the hands-on activity of designing, constructing, and launching paper rockets. The lesson integrates key science and math standards, encouraging students to explore how different forces affect the motion of objects and to apply their understanding by measuring and analyzing the flight of their rockets.
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4th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1btKs9RLiTkNBAHZvdqURaanOQcZTaeSS/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force P4: Energy Transfer Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S4: Apply Science to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD)
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