Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Newton Rocket Car
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | White, Jeff Argrow, Brian Hill, Geoffrey Shah, Jay Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Through the use of small wooden cars, this activity demonstrates Newton's third law of motion—which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The "Newton rocket cars" that students put together show how action/reaction works and how the mass of a moving object affects the acceleration and force of the system. Through the use of small wooden cars, this activity demonstrates Newton's third law of motion—which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The "Newton rocket cars" that students put together show how action/reaction works and how the mass of a moving object affects the acceleration and force of the system. Subsequently, the Newton cars provide students with an excellent analogy for how rockets work. In the continuing story for this unit, students' model cars help them understand the motion of rockets so that as engineers they can prepare to design a rocket to get Tess' satellite into orbit to communicate with Rohan and Tess' daughter, Maya, on her canoe trip. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Physical Science Science and Technology Law of Motion Acceleration Third Law of Motion Laws of Motion Reaction Rocket Car Mass Force |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class III |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Structure of the Earth Technical |
