Rockets WebQuest

Physics

Rockets WebQuest

 Mr. Andrade

This WebQuest will help students gain an understanding of rockets and rocket flight, how physics fundamentals are related to rockets, and how we will use model rockets.
 

1.    go to http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/index.html and read the page.

2.    click on “Guided Tours” on this page

3.    on the “Guided Tours” page (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/guided.htm ) go down the page to the “Rockets” section. You need to go through each section:

a.    Forces on a Rocket (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktfor.html )

b.    Types of Rockets (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktstomp.html )

c.     Rocket Systems (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rockpart.html )

d.    Rocket Flight (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/bmotion.html )

After you read each page, click on the  

Make sure you click on the 

  

4.    http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html  read, take notes.

 

Take notes on each page you visit. Your notes will be graded as the first part of the Rockets Unit. Pay particular attention to the “Model Rocket” section of “Types of Rockets.”

You will be calculating a predicted altitude for your rockets before launch, and then we will see who's is the most accurate.