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‘How Far Will It Go?’: A Lesson in Graphing

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Cover of the  “How Far Will It Go?” activity with an artist’s concept of the SLS rocket

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades K-4

Subject

Mathematics, Technology, Measurement and Data Analysis, Rocketry

Type

Lesson Plans / Activities

Students experiment with the amount of air in a balloon to see if the amount affects the distance the balloon travels along a fishing line. Students collect and graph data from multiple tests so they can visualize the effects of the changes in air.

Next Generation Science Standards: K- PS2-1, K- PS2-2, PS2.A, PS2.B, PS2.C

Common Core State Standards: MP 2, MP 4, MP 5, MP 6, K.MD.A.1, K.MD.A.2, 1.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.1, 2.MD.A.3

“How Far Will It Go?”: a Lesson in Graphing