Each Student Needs:
- Student Portfolio
- Safety Goggles
Each Classroom Needs:
- Slide Presentation
- Star Hopper
- Engines (one per rocket)
- Lifetime Launch System
- Star Hopper Model Rocket Build Video (optional)
- Poster paper, markers, pencils, etc.
Materials
Standards
NGSS Standards not available for this lesson.
English
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.5
Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.6
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Social Studies
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.8
Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.9
Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.
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Vocabulary
COLD WAR
Ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1947 – 1991.
SPACE X
A private aerospace company founded by Elon Musk with the mission of reducing space travel costs to allow Mar colonization.
BLUE ORIGIN
A private aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos with the mission of reducing space travel costs and creating reusable launch vehicles.
MERCURY MISSION
The initial NASA program that resulted in the first American astronauts in space.
GEMINI MISSION
The second NASA program that developed technologies and techniques for the Apollo Mission.
APOLLO MISSION
The NASA program that resulted in the American astronauts to be the first humans to walk on the moon.
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