GPS Activities for the Classroom
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Short-Title of Activity
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Rocket Launch
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Target Grade(s)
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10-12
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Target Subject Area(s)
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Projectile/ IPC Physics
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TEKS
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1A, 2C, 4A,B
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Equipment/Materials
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Rockets, timers, camera, GPS
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Author
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Terra Payton
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Activity Description: Describe in as much detail as possible.
What do you want the students to learn?
- Altitude of launch
- Speed of rocket
- Kinetic energy and projectile description
Set-up
- Build rockets
- Two timers at launch to find distance
- One camera shooter
- GPS
What steps will the students take?
- Build rockets
- One launch day
- Time launch to find height
- Plug location into GPS to find speed and altitude
- Use information and mass of rocket to find KE and description of flight
- Shoot flight
Extra Activities?
- Calculate
- Incorporate into Google earth and relate to missiles and real rockets
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