Core Concepts/Content

A goal of a good teacher is to be sure that students learn core concepts … those practical concepts that will be important in the lives of all students.   It is important for teachers planning lessons using technology not to forget that technology can be used to enhance content learning and make it more practical for everyday life.

Below is a list of basic objectives and content for this project:

Content:

1. Demonstrate the use of protractors and the tangent function to find height attained by rockets.
2. Discover statistical significance between data sets using the Students “t” Test.
3. Find ideal final velocities of model rockets and calculate drag coefficients based on actual testing of rockets.
4. Build and fly model rockets.

Thinking/Problem Solving Skills:

1. Analyze unknown data samples, looking for statistical significance of data.
2. Use drag coefficients to predict heights of rocket flights.
3. Identify target audience and write ads to communicate effectively with that audience.
4. Manipulate a variable and then see the effect on dependent variable.

Technology Skills:

1. Use digital editing software to develop ads marketing a product.
2. Use TI-83 graphing calculators to find statistically significant differences in data sets.