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Lesson 3: Out to Launch

Lesson 3: Out to Launch

Help students learn to think and act like scientists as they focus on specific variables to investigate, and work together to design the most impressive rocket possible. The critical thinking skills they learn in this activity will be ones they can use the rest of their lives!

Teacher TipCheck out NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory video exploring the science of straw rockets.

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