Model Rockets

Standards

  This pencil indicates that you should enter a response on your project page.

Visit the National Association of Rocketry model rocketry page.

1. Why was Model Rocketry begun?

[5th - 8th Grade Reading 2.0]

2. Sport Rocket motors approved for sale in the United States are stamped with a three-part code that gives the modeler some basic information about the motor's power and behavior. Visit the site, Motor Power, to learn what the letters mean. Then go to your project page to tell what the three-part code means.

[5th Grade Reading 2.3; 6th Grade Reading 2.3; 7th Reading 2.5]

 

The National Association of Rocketry has developed a Model Rocket Safety Code to help users avoid injuries. Read the code found on this site.

3-11. Refer to the Model Rocket Safety Code to answer questions on your project page.  

[5th Grade Writing 1.3; 6th-8th Grade Writing 1.4]

12. Referring to the Launch Area Table following the Safety code, how large must the launch site be with the "C" engines we use?  On your project page, draw a diagram to indicate what the dimensions of such an area might be.

{8th Grade 1f}

 13. Visit the Model Rocket Basics page. Study the Flight Sequence Chart. Answer the questions on the project page about the stages of the rocket launch.

[5th - 8th Reading 2.0]

{8th Grade 2a-g}

14. Go to the NAR US Rocketry Record pages. What is the record for height in your age-group class for a "C" engine?

Standards

The notations in [ ] after each item indicate California Language Arts Standards for sixth grade addressed in this lesson.

5th grade Reading 2.0, 2.2. 2.3, 2.4; Writing 1.3

6th grade Reading 2.0, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4; Writing 1.3

7th grade Reading 2.0, 2.2, 2.5; Writing 1.4, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.5c

8th grade Reading 2.0; Writing 1.4

The notations in {} indicate California Science Standards.

6th grade 3a-c

8th grade 1a, 1d, 1e, 1f, 2a-g