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Illustration of Velocity the Dawn spacecraft

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12

Subject

Mathematics, Physical Science, Algebra, Problem Solving, Energy, Forces and Motion

Type

Lesson Plans / Activities

May the 4th (force) be with you on “Star Wars” Day. Read the teachable moment all about the real science behind a “Star Wars” Twin Ion Engine (TIE) fighter, and how NASA has used similar technology to explore comets and asteroids. Use hands-on science lessons about rockets, moons, craters and Newton’s laws of motion.

May the Force = mass x acceleration