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Soda-Straw Rockets — NASA JPL lessonScience · Engineering & Technology · Grades 4–8Lesson plan

Soda Straw Rockets is an excellent opportunity for students to practice the engineering design process. This activity provides students with a template that creates a rocket that can be launched from a soda straw. They are then challenged to modify the design to see how the changes impact the rocket performance. Length, fin shape or angle can be changed–one variable at a time–to see how the rocket launch performs, and compares to the control design. Related Activity en Español : ¡Construye un c

From NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL Education · Public domain (US Gov) · original source

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