Reply To: Module 5 – Rockets & Alien Chemistry

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Sinead Forde
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    I love any lesson where the children are engaging in hands-on learning and making rockets is a super one. In our school, we usually tie in making rockets with space week in October and some classes have a rocket-launching display on the yard which the other classes are welcome to come and view! For infants, or even as an introduction to a rocket making lesson, the children could explore working with 2D shapes to design their own rocket – linking in with maths. They could use a variety of cut-out shapes to create their own rocket for display.
    The children could then consider what makes rockets fly? We would use visuals and videos to show rockets in action and explain how rockets use fuel to create a thrust which propels them up into the sky.
    We would then create balloon rockets, which are fun and easy for junior classes. The children would learn that the air escaping from the balloon creates a thrust which propels the balloon and makes it fly; similar to a rocket.
    This is a simple yet effective introduction for children in a junior school to rockets and space!

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