Lesson Plan: Making Rockets.
I would begin the lesson by showing the children videos of rocket launches from YouTube to grab their attention. We would discuss as a class what we know about rockets already. We might use a KWL chart or a Mind Map to do this.
I would make up a scenario where an astronaut needs something from home (food, water, medicine etc) and we need to come up with a plan on how to get the item to them. After figuring out that a rocket would be the quickest way, I will tell the children that we are going to design our own rockets.
I would show to children how we are going to make the rockets using the Make a Spacecraft resource. Once the children have completed them, we would make some predictions as to whose rocket will go the furthest.
The children would have great fun with this activity.