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Product Type: Educator Guide Audience: Educators, Informal Education Grade Levels: K­12 Publication Year: 2011 Product Number: EG­2011­11­223­KSC Subjects: History

Few classroom topics generate as much excitement as rockets. The scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical foundations of rocketry provide exciting classroom opportunities for authentic hands­on, minds­on experimentation. The activities and lesson plans contained in this educator guide emphasize hands­on science, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. The guide also contains background information about the history of rockets and basic rocket science. The rocket activities in this guide support national curriculum standards for science, mathematics and technology.

The guide contains new and updated lessons and activities from the original Rockets Educator Guide.

Introductory Pages A Pictorial History of Rockets What Comes Next How Rockets Work Applying Newton's Laws Pop Can Hero Engine 3...2...1...PUFF! Heavy Lifting Newton Car Rocket Races Pop! Rocket Launcher Directions Pop! Rockets Foam Rocket Launch Altitude Tracker Rocket Wind Tunnel Advanced High­Power Paper Rockets Water Rocket Launcher Directions Water Rocket Construction Project X­51 Additional Resources http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Rockets.html#.VZwFvvlViko 1/2 7/7/2015 Rockets Educator Guide | NASA

NASA RECOMMENDS DISCONTINUATION OF STUDENT ROCKET ACTIVITY

Recently, an air pressurized paper rocket launcher being used by an educator failed. This launcher is described in NASA's Rockets Educator Guide, publications EG­2011­11­223­KSC, pp. 86­90 and EG­2008­05­060­KSC, pp. 86­90. NASA completed an engineering investigation into the failure and determined that the launcher, or design equivalents, should not be used. NASA has removed the launcher design from its website and its education curriculum. Individuals and organizations should immediately discontinue use of the launcher published in the referenced NASA publications. The point of contact for additional information is Diane DeTroye, NASA Office of Education, at [email protected]. We request that your organization assist NASA in disseminating this information as widely as possible throughout the education .

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