I choose the activity set on Rockets. This year, I engaged the children in my class in creating and launching our own rockets.
To begin the lesson, we recalled what we had learned about Neil Armstrong and his mission to the moon in our History lesson. I explained to the children that in todays lesson we would be creating our very own rocket. I re-showed the children the video of Neil Armstrongs rocket launching into space. We discussed the video and asked and answered questions about the video. I then engaged the children in creating their own rockets using paper. The children coloured their rockets, cut them out and stuck the two sides of the rockets together. The children then experimented using a straw to launch their rocket across the classroom. We realised that the sticking of the two sides of the rocket was very important when launching the rockets across the classroom and many of the rockets had to be re-stuck before the children could get them to launch. This step was a bit tricky for infants. If I was to do this lesson again, I would definitely try out the rocket mice idea using a bottle. I think this idea is more suited for infants. After launching the rockets in the classroom, we discussed the force needed to make the rocket move and we explored ways to make our rocket go further.