Lesson on rockets for Junior Infants
Engage:
Step 1: Story – Roaring rockets by Tony Mitton. Discuss the story and rockets and how rockets launch into space.
Step 2: Watch a brief clip of a rocket launch such as https://youtu.be/Lti6a_YYQl0?si=sIn1-Vsuh3qq1h8z
Step 2: Explore a selection of rockets provided by the teacher – allow the children to explore each rocket by moving in groups to each station which will have a different rocket.
Step 3: Create their own rocket mice rocket using paper, colours, milk bottles and Sellotape. (I would use all the same sized bottles for this step)
Investigate:
Starter question: How could we make the mice rockets go further?
The children would be encouraged to make a prediction based on this.
They would then use different sized bottles to explore pressure.
Think, pair, share activity based on ideas on how the rockets work.
Development:
Looking again at the selection of rockets from the beginning of the lesson – exploring what other ways we could make a rocket fly.
Explore the Marvin and Milo resource about balloon rockets.
Make the balloon rocket from Marvin and Milo.
Further investigation based on the balloon rocket.
