Launch Day At Orchard For Sixth Grade STEM Project | Drone Video & Photos

LAUNCH DAY 🚀 🚀 🚀

Sixth grade science teacher, Mr. Mitchell, is igniting students’ interest in math and science! Teams worked together to find the height of their rocket, which is equal to the tangent of angular distance multiplied by the baseline.



More from Mr. Mitchell:
"The sixth grade science curriculum has a strong focus on STEM, and because of this focus students get excited about those fields of study. Throughout the year we have several hands-on projects utilizing the Engineering Design Process. The culminating project is the rocket unit. During this unit, each student is responsible for building their own small scale rocket.

Students will spend a lot of time using Newton’s three Laws of physics. Starting from the building process to the final launch, students are fully engaged into the craft of rocketry. Students also learn the history of the US Space program and the influence of German scientists during WWII that influenced the US Space programs. These small scale rockets will perform just like full scale models!

During flight, students will calculate the height of their rockets using tangent tables. A tangent is a ratio (a numerical relationship). When working with a right triangle with one “right” or 90° angle, the tangent is the ratio between the length of the opposite side and the length of the adjacent or nearest side. What a great way to end a successful year of science."

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