Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Nasa: Paper Rockets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Basic experiment allowing students to discover what gives a rocket stability.
Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Projectile Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity to show the movement of a projectile. You can change the values of the initial height, velocity, angle of inclination, the mass and the gravitational acceleration.
Graphic
Curated OER

Nasa Trc Rocket Activity: Rocket Pinwheel

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides directions for a basic activity that allows students to explore Newton's Third Law of Motion.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Improperly Defining a System

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation explains why a poorly defined system can lead to incorrect answers in physics problems.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: System of Particles in an Object

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation explains why an object remains at rest, despite the fact that the particles within the object are in motion.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Aqua Thrusters!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students construct their own rocket-powered boat called an "aqua-thruster." These aqua-thrusters will be made from a film canister and will use carbon dioxide gas - produced from a chemical reaction between an antacid...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Astronaut Gene Cernan Speaks About Working in Space

For Students 9th - 10th
In this audio resource from NOVA: "To the Moon," astronaut Gene Cernan recounts his harrowing experience during America's first attempt to do work in outer space.

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