Fourth Grade students will be an aerospace company bidding to make a space transport vehicle for NASA. The students will
- Design airplanes and understand forces that allow an airplane to fly.
- Predict and demonstrate the flight path of the airplane.
- Observe current weather from maps, satellite imagery and/or radar. Look at recent weather graphs and forecasts for the next 24-36 hours.
- Consider favorable and unfavorable launch weather conditions.
- Demonstrate that rocket lift off is an application of Newton’s Laws of Motion.
- Build a rocket that is powered by the pressure generated from an antacid tablet reacting with water.
- Investigate rocket propellants and perform launches with rockets.
- Calculate and measure height of several objects (tree, basketball goal) using the NASA altitude calculator.
- Use a compass to find cardinal directions.
- Create, read and interpret latitude and longitude on a map and GPS data.
- Define, draw and label a pH chart.
- Predict, compare and accurately measure pH of various solutions.
- Identify various items as acid or basic given their pH.