It’s rocket science presentation (secondary)
Discover how NASA's Artemis programme plans to return astronauts to the Moon and explore the forces that will blast them there, and bring them home safely.
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Whose straw rocket can fly the furthest? Use this activity sheet to investigate how changing a variable affects rocket launch.
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