Rocketry, Newton's Laws of Motion, Impulse and Momentum
by Sylvestre Amorsolo
In this lesson, students build and launch their own rockets. They then analyze and explain the motion of the rocket using the cause-mechanism-effect framework.
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Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) Algebra (A)
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