Water Rockets: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Part 3
by Pamela Moss
This is the 3rd part of the lesson series where students will determine the thrust and stability of their water bottle rockets to answer their essential question: Using the Design Process how can we prove the effects that balanced and unbalanced forces have on a rocket in motion?
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11fD81ydzgzZ2XCY6KV3ZCFuU1O-q6Bzt/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Technology 2. Digital Citizen 6. Creative Communicator Engineering S1: Engineering & Global Society S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) Writing
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