Activity Set: Rockets
I would like to use activities related to rockets in the classroom. I think it provides great opportunities to apply maths and science skills in a cross-curricular way around the theme of space and the sub-theme of rockets. There are lots of hands-on class activities which I think the students would really enjoy. I think picture story books related to rockets are a great way to engage the students and make them excited to learn about the topic. I would use http://www.primaryscience.ie or http://www.spaceweek.ie as a guide to engage the students in the design of their own rockets. Once designed, a good link with Maths could be measuring the distance each rocket can travel. After they have conducted the investigation they could make a bar or column graph comparing how far each students’ rocket travelled. This would be a good link to two strands within the Maths curriculum – Length and Data.