Rockets Assignment - May 13, 2009

Rockets WebQuest

 Mr. Andrade                 Central High School                  www.physicsmedic.org

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.

(alternate site:http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/bgmr.html )

2. click on “Guided Tours” on this page

1. 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:
1. Forces on a Rocket (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktfor.html )
2. Types of Rockets (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktstomp.html )
3. Rocket Systems (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rockpart.html )
4. Rocket Flight (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/bmotion.html )

 

After you read each page, click on the NEXT button.

 

Make sure you click on the NEXT button next to the topic you are on. For example, when in “Rocket Flight”, multiple sections appear at the bottom of the page. Make sure you click on the one next to “Rocket Flight”.

 

 

1. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html  read, take notes
2. http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/programs/g-scouts/history.htmlread, take notes
3. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/factsheet.htm read, take notes
4. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/ 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.”