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In this activity, students are asked to examine how thrust and launch angle affect a rocket's course. Students are asked to build a pencil rocket with the goal of finding the best combination of launch angle and thrust so their rocket hits a one-foot diameter target at a distance of 30 feet every time.

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Elements of Poetry Workbook

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Elements of Poetry Workbook

Use this poetry toolbox workbook to support your students to learn different poetic terms and devices, and then practice...

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Earth Day Activities: History of Earth Day Reading Passage and Quiz

Help your students work on their reading comprehension skills while learning all about Earth Day with this reading compr...

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Eyewitness: Explorer

Take a look at the often hazardous and perilous world of exploration from the lives and navigation techniques of the fir...

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Eyewitness: Space Exploration

This is a spectacular and informative guide to the mysteries beyond Earth and the history of space exploration, includin...

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Hyperactivity and Distraction: Create Work Spaces

Combat distraction by creating spaces for students to concentrate. Use headphones, cubicles and defined work spaces.

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Soviet Staffed Space Flight Programs

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The Asteroids

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are an estimated 30,000 pieces of rocky debris, known collectively as the asteroi...

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Tracking the Space Station

The space station and shuttle (when it's in orbit) can be viewed fromearth if you know when and where to look.

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