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2 Pop Can “Hero Engine” Newton Car Foam Rocket 3 Paper Rockets Straw Rockets Rocket Racer 3-2-1 POP! At the Drop of a Ball Free Fall Rocket Ball Drop Project Enterprise 3 The Nose Cone Experts Racing Against Friction The Parachuting Egg Egg Drop Lander At the Drop of a Ball Free Fall Rocket Ball Drop Project Enterprise READINGS:
Default Activities #
Week
Ages 8-10
Ages 11+
1-4
9-11 or 13
13
5 -8
3...2...1...PUFF!
Heavy Lifting
Rocket Races
Launch Altitude Tracker
High-Power Paper Rocket Launcher
High-Power Paper Rockets
Rocket Wind Tunnel
Advanced High-Power Paper Rockets
Water Rocket Launcher
Water Rocket Construction
Project X-51Same
9-10
Right now, a bunch of super tough robots are out there exploring our solar system. You can build paper versions of many of them right here on Earth.
Paper modeling - or card modeling - is the art of constructing things with only colored, cut and folded pieces of paper. To help in constructing each model, you will need the free Adobe Reader to print the instructions and model parts. A link to adobe.com is provided with each model.
Remember: Spacecraft construction is a team activity. Get some friends and an adult to pitch in on the mission. Now pick a ship to start your space fleet (or click on the spacecraft name to find out what the mission is all about):
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/papermodels.cfm
Grades: K-12 and Informal
This guide contains 25 activities designed for 4-H Clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, after-school programs, and other informal education venues. Participants learn about the history and principles of rocketry and NASA's newest rockets -- Ares I and Ares V. While doing these hands-on activities, participants also learn about Hero Engines, parachutes and surface area, altitude tracking, and Newton's Laws Of Motion. Learners can also build four types of rockets and two types of egg drops.
Practical Rocketry.................. 7
A Brief History of Rockets.............. 17
Cyberchase: Top Flight
Offline Activity
Grade Range: 3-5
Create paper gliders and use a numbering system to judge them in flight to choose a winner. Learn why judges of sports performances use an agreed-upon numerical judging system for scoring to keep the competition fair.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/How to Make a Good Paper Airplane Video - Easy Paper Plane Tips ...
www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/howto/paperairplane.html
A quiz game which tests your knowledge of aeronautics as you "fly" around the world.
Play the HTML web based vesion of The Plane Game!
Spacecraft Mission Summaries
"Unlocking the Mysteries: Science on the Edge of Our Solar System" features the award-winning 23-minute Discovery Program overview video which takes you along on the explorations being conducted by NASA's Discovery missions. It then allows you to become the scientists and engineers and design your own mission to investigate the cosmic unknowns. Click here to begin your future in space exploration.
Offline and Online Activity
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Gain an historical perspective on the development of rockets and space flight, especially as it relates to spying. Explore what "resolution" means and how important it is to see details, and examine the dimensions of the International Space Station.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/3503_astrospi.html
(Science - Grades 6-8)
Three simple classroom activities help students understand Bernoulli's principle about how air pressure affects a plane's ability to fly.
Students learn about aerodynamics through the design, testing and redesign of paper airplanes.
Check out the 4 different groups below:
How Things Work | Measuring Up | Making Predictions | Puzzling Patterns
Download the guide for five fun and engaging hands-on projects for classroom and after-school group explorations in math, science and engineering.
Handouts, take home activities and graphics to support the activities featured in the Guide.
Topic: Modeling
Students apply what they learn from CYBERCHASE episode #122, "Model Behavior," to make their own model for a bridge that won't collapse under weight.
Printable Activities (for Kids and Families)
Topic: Measurement
This activity gives kids ways to practice both measurement and proportional reasoning.
With this activity, now you can step into Cyberspace too!
Web Activities (for Kids)
Topic: Measurement, Patterns, Deductive Reasoning, Biology, Physics
Use math and science to stop Hacker before he ruins Eco-Haven!
Topic: Balance Scales
The Poddles have lost their numbers. Use a scale to help them out!
Topic: Measuring Volume
Fill up containers with water-- but be careful not to soak the CyberSquad!
Workshop Activity Kit (for Classroom or After-School Use)
Topic: Physical Proportions
Kids use math and science to solve a mystery.
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