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Tissue Paper Hot Air Balloon Revisited
Posted by: Scott on: January 30, 2011
Okay, I’ve been a bad boy. It was more than a year ago I said I would update the post with the instructions. You guys didn’t call me on it, so I forgot. The original post is here along with a pdf of the plans I had printed for myself: Original Tissue Paper Hot Air [...]
Our Solar System to Scale
Posted by: Scott on: April 18, 2010
- In: Activities | Astronomy | Outdoor | Physical Science
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Tomorrow the students learn just how big our solar system is and just how small we are. We will use the attached worksheet to calculate the percent distance from Pluto for the planets in our solar system and our nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri. Solar System – Size and Scale To make this lesson really stick, [...]
PITSCO Catalog
Posted by: Scott on: August 23, 2008
A friend of mine who teaches Middle School Technology gave me this catalog a couple of years ago. There is actually a series of catalogs for different areas. Their web site is a bit confusing, it seems they are a series of companies, all with the goal of improving technology and science education. The “PITSCO [...]
Building a Tetrahedral Kite
Posted by: Scott on: June 25, 2008
- In: Activities | Outdoor | Physical Science | Projects
- 5 Comments
This is a very cool activity. If you look at how this kind of kite is built, you will see it grows like a pyramid. The result is that you have a set number of cells that have to be built to make this work. Here is the link where I got the project in [...]
Tissue Paper Hot Air Balloon
Posted by: Scott on: June 15, 2008
- In: Activities | Outdoor | Physical Science
- 19 Comments
This is a really enjoyable projects for the students. I’ve done this with kids from 7th grade to 12th grade and always with positive results. Allow two days for the building of these balloons. Use the template design to make a full size template. Even better, make several templates, it will make the project go [...]
Building Model Rockets
Posted by: Scott on: June 7, 2008
- In: Activities | Outdoor | Projects
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I started building model rockets with my students this year and I’m glad I did. Most of my students have never built or launched rockets before. A few did in eighth grade, I think maybe two or three did with their parents, but out of the 100 or so seniors that I teach, that’s was [...]
Stomp Rockets
Posted by: Scott on: June 5, 2008
- In: Activities | Outdoor
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When I teach projectile motion, I like to do exercises where the students have to predict the results and then perform the experiment. One of my favorite toys is something called Stomp Rockets. They aren’t as easy to find as they were 10 years ago. They are plastic rockets that are launched from a tube [...]
Matchstick Rockets
Posted by: Scott on: May 29, 2008
This is a favorite of the students. After studying Newton’s Laws of motion, we spend a day making rockets from paper match sticks. The process is simple, tear out a paper match, cover the top with a small piece of tightly wrapped aluminum foil, heat the match with a lighter and watch it launch. Students [...]
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