On Target: Building a Propulsion System

by Donna Heronen

Students will build a propulsion system that can deliver a payload to a given location in this engaging paper rocket engineering lesson. Students think critically and problem solve as they work towards further understanding of Newton's Laws.

Lesson Grade Level

5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

Lesson Plan Link/URL

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Rvs8rH-5xj4EDvautK6AU6GKeI8-IfKZ/edit?u…

Subject Area

Science Physical Science P3: Net Force P4: Energy Transfer Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) The Number System (NS)

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