How To Teach Little Kids Rocket Science

I have no idea.

If you really want to know find another blog.

But here is how I'm going to attempt it!

Here is a link to the terms we will discuss:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Education_RocketScience.shtml

Here's a great link from NASA.

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/153415main_Rockets_How_Rockets_Work.pdf

At the end these questions are asked.

- How can you create enough thrust to 

exceed the weight of the rocket? 

- What structural materials and propellant 

combinations should you use?

- How big will the rocket have to be? 

- How can you make the rocket go where 

you want it to? 

- How can you bring it back to Earth 

safely? 

I think this will be our starting point.  

Save the link for later reference this year, but it's a little much for my 4 and 5 year olds to get all the way into!

Here are the ways we are going to experiment with the above questions at school and at home this week:

http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.com/2012/02/rubber-band-rocket-launcher.html

http://www.exploratorium.edu/afterschool/activities/index.php?activity=134&firstDisplayedItem=2

This experiment helps kids explore what to add to the rocket to make it go in the direction they want it to go.

And lastly a fun way to discuss what to use as a propellant!