Activity (Hands-On)Grades 6 - 8
Action-Reaction! Rocket
Materials List
Each group needs:
- plastic drinking straw
- plastic bag, about the size of an inflated balloon
- paper streamers
- fishing line, 25 ft (20-50g weight) or string (nylon [slippery] string works better than twine [rough])
- long, tube-shaped balloon
- tape measure or meter stick
- Action-Reaction! Worksheet (PDF), one per student