How Do Probes Get To Space?
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Investigate how force and thrust work to propel rockets into outer space. Build a rocket: a blown-up balloon taped to a drinking straw threaded through some string. The rocket follows Newton's Third Law of Motion: Every action produces an equal and opposite reaction.
- 5 to 10 minutes
- 10 to 30 minutes
- $1 - $5 per student
- Ages 6 - 11
- Activity, Model
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per student)
- Plastic Drinkin Straw
- Fishing line or string (long enough to reach from one end of a room to the other)
- Long balloon
- Transparent tape
- Twist tie
Subjects
- Physical Sciences
- Energy
- Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Motion and Forces
- Momentum and Velocity
- Projectile Motion
- Newton's Laws
- Energy
Informal Categories
- Model Building
Audience
To use this activity, learners need to:
- see
- be mobile
- touch
Learning styles supported:
- Involves hands-on or lab activities
Other
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- TryScience
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- All Rights Reserved, TryScience/New York Hall of Science, ©1999
