Comparing First Stage Motors to Upper Stage Engines
Objective :
Students will compare first-stage motors to upper-stage engines.
Guiding Questions :
- What takes up a majority of the volume of a first-stage rocket?
- Can the thrust of a rocket propelled by solid-propellant be controlled in real time?
- How is the thrust of a solid rocket motor controlled?
- What is specific impulse?
- Why are liquid propellants more efficient than solid propellants?
Performance/Literacy Tasks :
Performance Task: Aerospace Consultant
Informative Literacy Task: Mars Rover
Argumentative Literacy Task: Manned Space Flight
Constructed Response Task: The Value of Space Exploration
Resources :
Video : Ares: A Difference Between a Rocket Motor & a Rocket Engine
Video Lesson Plan : Newton Gets Me Moving
In this lesson, students will explore motion, rockets and rocket motion while assisting Spacewoman Tess, Spaceman Rohan and Maya in their explorations.
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