Unit
Water Rockets Save The Day!--LAB
Local Objective
At the end of this lab, students will be able to...
a. Predict which design features would improve a rocket's flight.
b. Design and build a rocket that includes your design features.
c. Test your rocket design, and evaluate your results.
Objective used to evaluate students
Yes
Assessment Activity
Informal Evaluations--Teacher will observe during class discussion and questioning. Teacher will also observe during student experiment of building a rocket and lift-off of the rocket.
Independent Practice--Students will be following the procedure for their activity on their own. Teacher can make a formal assessment on their work and ability to read and follow directions.
Assessment--A final assessment can be made of students final project and their answers to analyzing the results and drawing conclusions.
Level of Expectation
80%
List of concepts and Evaluation Types
| Concept | Evaluation Type |
| Final Product | PE |
Learning Activity
The students will:
1. Review all safety cautions and icons before beginning the lab activity. Caution: Remain several meters away from the launch site when the rockets are being launched.
2. Follow the procedure on page 156-157 of the Holt Science & Technology (J) for creating their rocket.
3. Record notes during their brainstorm, designing, building, and lauching of their rocket.
4. Conclude activity by using their notes to analyze results and draw conclusions.
Instructional Method
The teacher will:
1. Guide students during the review of all safety cautions and icons before beginning the lab activity. Caution students the remain several meters away from the launch site when the rockets are being launched.
2. Guide students in following the procedure outline listed on pages 156-157 of their textbook.
3. Guide students in recording their notes during brainstorm, design, building, and launching of rocket.
4. Guide students in analyzing their results and drawing conclusions about their rockets. Show students how using their notes will help them analyze and draw their conclusions.
Content Standards
SC 6, SC 7, CA 4, MA 2
Process Standards
1.2, 2.2, 2.7, 4.1, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 1.4, 3.4, 1.1
Equity/Workplace Readiness
| MSIP Code | MSIP Indicator |
| R/I | Research/Information Skills |
Resources
Holt Science & Technology "Astronomy" (J)
Materials: 2 liter soda bottles, modeling clay, foam board, rocket launcher, scissors, duct tape, timer with seconds, and water.
Correction Exercise
Trial and Error
Enrichment Exercise
How can we improve our rocket design?
Special Needs
Peer Assistance
GLEs v1.0
| GLE Code | Discipline | Strand | Big Idea | Concept | Grade Level/Course | GLE |
| SC/7IN/1/A/07/e | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Recognize that different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations (e.g., some involve observing and describing objects organisms, or events; some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments; some involve making observations in nature; some involve discovery of new objects and phenomena; some involve making models)
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| SC/7IN/1/A/07/f | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Acknowledge there is no fixed procedure called the scientific method , but some investigations involve systematic observations, carefully collected and relevant evidence, logical reasoning, and imagination in developing hypotheses and other explanations
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| SC/7IN/1/A/07/c | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Design and conduct a valid experiment
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| SC/7IN/1/A/07/d | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Evaluate the design of an experiment and make suggestions for reasonable improvements or extensions of an experiment
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| SC/7IN/1/A/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Formulate testable questions and hypotheses
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| SC/7IN/1/A/07/b | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Recognize the importance of the independent variable, dependent variables, control of constants, and multiple trials to the design of a valid experiment
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| SC/7IN/1/B/07/c | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Use a variety of tools and equipment to gather data (e.g., microscopes, thermometers, analog and digital meters, computers, spring scales, balances, metric rulers, graduated cylinders, stopwatches)
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| SC/7IN/1/B/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Make qualitative observations using the five senses
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| SC/7IN/1/C/07/b | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Evidence is used to formulate explanations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Use data as support for observed patterns and relationships, and to make predictions to be tested
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Objective Notes/Essential Questions
| Date | Note/Question |
| 11/15/2006 1:47:16 PM |
**Competition
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| 6/18/2007 10:24:22 AM | What do you think it would take to build a water rocket? What features on a rocket would enable it to fly better? |