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Activity set: Rockets and Aliens
To begin I would read the story “Aliens in Underpants Save the World” for enjoyment and discussion.
To get the children thinking about rockets I would show the video of a rocket launching.
Then we will make a simple rocket mouse and play with them for a while. Then we will formulate a questin to investigate like – which bottles makes the rocket mouse jump higher. The children will make predictions and discuss how to make the test fair e.g. using the same rocket mouse on different bottles. Finally we will record our results.
To take the next step we will brainstorm other things that fly through the air and what they have in common.
STEM: who cam create the paper aeroplane that travels the furthest?
PE: look at the foam arrows and play around with different heights when throwing and projections.