Rockets
Introduction
Firstly I would elicit prior knowledge form the children pictures pictures form space. We would read books entitled ‘The far side of the moon’ and The way back home. Could they suggest ways to travel to space and how would we construct something like that in our classroom.
Development
We would get ideas form Marvin and Milo who build a balloon rocket.
We would also get ideas from the Alka – Seltzer rocket experiment by Marvin and Milo.
We would endeavour to construct these rockets in smaller groups.
Materials used- balloons, bluetack, cardboard, containers for water and alka seltzer.
Conclusion
The groups would demonstrate their findings to the class. We would discuss which ones flew better and why.