Students demonstrate an understanding of the text by completing a propulsion activity, charting the results, and answering questions that demonstrate an understanding of rocket propulsion.

Students observe a balloon rocket and how it relates to Newton's Third Law of Motion. In this balloon rocket lesson plan, students make a balloon rocket out of balloons, clothespins, straw, fishing line, and duct tape.

Students explore gases. In this chemical energy activity, students will observer chemical reactions and infer a conclusion about reaction producing gasses.

This hands-on experiment has students launch a plastic pop bottle into "space!"