Straw Rockets

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Straw Rockets

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Applying Newton’s three laws of motion, students design an investigation involving straw rockets. The five tasks have students develop their writing skills by having them practice formulating a question, paraphrasing text, developing a hypothesis, constructing a procedure, and analyzing data to draw a conclusion. The final performance task requires them to aggregate these portions of a lab report as well as make real-world connections from what they learned.

Education Levels:

Subject:

Process Skills, Physics, Physical Sciences, Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Unit of instruction

Medium:

PDF

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

New York City Department of Education

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Keywords:

Motion, Science experiments, Scientific method

Mediator:

Middle school teachers

Publisher:

New York City Department of Education

Is Part Of:

http://schools.nyc.gov/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computer with Internet access; Straw rockets

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science, Language Arts

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Authentic assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

Text Types and Purposes

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

Production and Distribution of Writing

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology - Standard 4 (1996)

Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Physical Setting

5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.

describe different patterns of motion of objects.

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology - Standard 4 (1996)

Physical Setting

5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.

observe, describe, and compare effects of forces (gravity, electric current, and magnetism) on the motion of objects.

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology - Standards 1 & 2 (1996)

Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.

Scientific Inquiry

2. Beyond the use of reasoning and consensus, scientific inquiry involves the testing of proposed explanations involving the use of conventional techniques and procedures and usually requiring considerable ingenuity.

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology - Standards 1 & 2 (1996)

Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.

Scientific Inquiry

3. The observations made while testing proposed explanations, when analyzed using conventional and invented methods, provide new insights into phenomena.

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