Tony Wayne
        “TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH           58 Court Place
                   MODEL ROCKETRY”                      Charlottesville, VA 22901-2457
                -- New 2nd EDITION --                         e-mail wayne@pen.k12.va.us
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             A BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO TEACHES SCIENCE OR ROCKETRY
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IF YOU DON’T TEACH, maybe you have a science teacher that you would like to teach rocketry.  Pass this along to them.  

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OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK

     TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH MODEL ROCKETRY is a book for anyone who teaches science or model rocketry.  TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH MODEL ROCKETRY stresses learning through a hands-on approach. It is nearly 400 pages in length! TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH MODEL ROCKETRY is a culmination of  teaching over 840 hours of rocketry classes and launching over 1200 rockets. The book is set up so that you can teach anything from a 5 hour class to a 30 hour class. I have included many diagrams and  pictures to aid in the explanations. All topics begin with the basic concepts and gradually lead to a deeper understanding. This book is written for use in grades 4/5 to 12th.   The book is spiral bound to allow easy photocopying.
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                ABREVIATED TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE BOOK
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Curriculum, Lesson Plans and Class Set Up
•	Rocket Class Safety
•	Rocketry Lab Class Set Up
•	An Individual’s Responsibility for Team Work
•	5 and 30 Hour Curriculum Overview
•	Daily Rocketry Lesson Plans with Class Hints, Tips and Insights
•	Graph Evaluating Exercise (Background)
•	Graph Evaluating Check List (Example)
•	Graph Evaluating Exercise
•	Rocket Construction Notes
Newton’s Laws
•	Newton’s Laws (demos)
•	Galileo’s Experiment
•	Water Rocket Lab
•	2 Liter Water Rocket Construction Instructions
•	2 Liter Water Rocket Lab (write up)
•	Paper Airplane Action-Reaction Activity
•	Instructions for the Construction of the “Comeback Can”
How to Teach Rocket Center of Pressure and Center of Gravity
•	Center of Gravity  (concept explanation)
•	Estimating the Center of Pressure
•	Center of Gravity - Center of Pressure (demos)
•	Center of Gravity - Center of Pressure (hand out and rocket activity)
•	Paper Plane Activity - Center of Gravity - Center of Pressure
•	Airplane from Card Stock Instructions
•	Airplane from a Manila  Folder Instructions
Teaching About Rocket Motors
•	Motor Background
•	Model Rocket Motor Thrust vs Time Graphs (worksheets)
•	Model Rocket Motor Thrust vs Time Graphs (answers with explanations)
•	Rocket Launch Demonstration Ejection Delay
•	Rocket Launch Demonstration Newton’s Second Law
•	Rocket Launch Demonstration Newton’s Second Law (demo #2)
•	Rocket Launch Demonstration Impulse Motor Class
How to Calculate a Rocket’s Altitude
•	Calculating Altitude Background
•	How to Calculate Rocket Altitudes
•	2 Station Altitude Tracking
•	10 Altitude Tracking Examples
•	10 Altitude Tracking Examples (answers)
•	Altitude Calculation (notes)
•	Launch Trouble-Shooting List
•	Recovery Trouble Shooting List
How to Set Up the Launch and the Launch Site
•	Doing a Launch with a Large Crowd
•	Field Safety Rules Posters
•	Launch (Team) Responsibilities
•	Launch Script
•	Rocket Record Sheet (Individual)
•	Rocket Record Sheet (Whole Class)
Other Rocket Plans of Interest
•	“GlideRock” Assembly Instructions
•	Flex Wing Glider Instructions
Rocketry Labs
•	Over 60 Pages of labs    
Classroom Transparencies
•	Rocket Flight and Motors (5 overlays)
•	Rocket Flight and Motors (Composite)
•	Cross-Section View of a Rocket Motor
•	Center of Gravity and Motion (2 overlays) 
•	Gyroscopic Principle
•	Gyroscopic Principle
•	Action Re-Action and Flight
•	Action Re-Action and Flight
Toy Flight Science
•	Air has Mass
•	Pressure
•	Static and Dynamic Pressure
•	The Force of Drag
•	Disk Toys
•	Lift
•	Law of Gyroscopic Precession
•	Flying Ring Toys and Downwash
•	How Does All This Relate to Rocketry?
Other Related Support Materials
•	Paper Airplane Lab
•	Glider Construction Instructions
•	Glider Dimensions
•	Elementary Aero Dynamics
• Field Communications
•	Rocketry Work Table
•	Rocketry Field Box
•	Lawn Dart Award
•	Highest Rocket Award
•	Participation Award
•	Gyro Guidance (poster)
•	Factiods  (19 pages of mini-posters)
•	Generic Rocketry Membership Cards Sheet
•	Teacher Launch Supply List
•	Teacher Class Supply List
•	Boomerang Instructions
•	Simple, Cheap, Launch System
•	The Simple(?) Launch System and Its Operating Theory
•	Designing the Class Launcher
•	“Home Made” Launcher Construction Power Do’s and Don’ts
•	Multi-Launcher Converter
•	Rocket Construction Stand 
•	Field Mapping Activity
•	Air Car Lab and Instructions
•	2 Liter Water Rocket Launcher Construction
•	Calculator Board
•	Displaying the Rocket Labs’ Results (on a Blackboard)
•	Rocketry Resource List