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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Blast Off

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Hands on activity where students focus on aerospace engineering to investigate space flight from the viewpoint of an engineer. They design, build, and launch their rocket, then share their experiences with the class.
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NASA

Nasa: 3, 2, 1, Liftoff! Educator Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These activities introduce students to the International Space Station and how rockets were vital to its construction. The provided lessons correlate to all subject areas.
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Other

The Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the space race was originally a competition between two Cold War foes,it ultimately resulted in many benefits for the people of the Earth. Find information on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, and Soviet space programs,...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Lift Off!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Observe kids building a model rocket. See how they use the scientific method to figure out how to make sensors for their rocket.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Activities: Reading Rockets: Topics a to Z

For Teachers K - 1st
Need some ideas for reading-based activities you can do with children? This section offers suggestions to help parents, teachers, preschool teachers, and childcare providers fill kids' days with fun and stimulating reading and writing...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Intervention: Reading Rockets: Topics a to Z

For Teachers K - 1st
This site provides a link to a website for teacher resources to use with Response to Intervention (RTI), a 3-tier framework schools can adopt to identify and help struggling learners-before they fail. student is progressing; and careful...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Third Law of Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Illinois Institute of Technology site is a lesson plan and lab that utilizes a toy rocket to investigate Newton's third law. Includes directions and practical applications.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Goddard Rocket Launching Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, located on a local golf course, is where rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. The actual launch site is marked by a granite obelisk.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a rocket, including information on rocket history, size, types, and more.
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Curated OER

Match Stick Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online lesson plan students can experience Newton's Laws of Motion in relation to rockets with this experiment.
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Curated OER

Match Stick Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online lesson plan students can experience Newton's Laws of Motion in relation to rockets with this experiment.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ms: Rocket Propulsion Test Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Rocket Propulsion Test Complex.
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Curated OER

Delta Rocket Launch

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on rockets. "Nothing in space stands still. Everything either orbits around something else, or moves toward or away from something else. So how do...

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