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Step 1

The Issue (Engage)

In the first part of this activity, you will be gathering information from two web pages and a promotional video that relate the learning from science class to rocketry.

Question: How should a rocket be designed or engineered in order to most efficiently deliver a payload (supplies) to the International Space Station (ISS)?

Initiation: SpaceX and the Dragon
Preview the SpaceX company and their development of the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon space capsule

Visit: SpaceX - Falcon 9 (click here)
Watch the promotional video.
Look at the specifications and overview of the Falcon 9 rocket.As you watch the video and look at the specifications, note any key features and relationships to science.

Visit: SpaceX - Dragon (click here)
Watch the promotional video.
Look at the specifications and overview of the Dragon space capsule.
As you watch the video and look at the specifications, note any key features and relationships to science.


View the launch, docking, & re-entry of the Dragon space capsule video:

Watch: Falcon 9 and Dragon Video from SpaceX (click here for youtube video)

Questions:
 Answer the following questions in your notebook:  

What were the key features of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that you observed?  How do you think these features relate to the science of force, motion, gravity, and Newton's Laws?


Next: Science Applications

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    • Speedy Delivery...to the ISS! STEM/PBL Newton's Laws Activity
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