Rockets

Take rocket learning to new heights with the Straw Rocket Launcher! Building straw rockets is a fun, inexpensive activity and a great way to introduce students to rocketry. And, with this Pitsco Education classic, students can test their builds. They can conduct scientific experiments by varying the trajectory angle and launch energy. These rockets can travel up to 50 feet!

Building and launching AP Rockets and Gliders has never been easier than now with these instructions. This video illustrates the techniques needed to provide a successful hands-on rocketry activity.

Build communication and collaboration with this investigation activity for the AP Rocket and Glider. Students partner up to test a glider, record the flight results, and then evaluate the glider's performance while considering the concepts of thrust, drag, and lift.

A real-life application of a glider? See how the Dream Chaser , a glider-type vehicle used by NASA, is similar to the AP Rocket and Glider you built.