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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Remarkable Rocket" by Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Remarkable Rocket" by Oscar Wilde. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Launch a Rocket From a Spinning Planet

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on rockets. "Nothing in space stands still. Everything either orbits around something else, or moves toward or away from something else. So how do...
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Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Nasa: Paper Rockets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Basic experiment allowing students to discover what gives a rocket stability.
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Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert H. Goddard

For Students 3rd - 8th
This brief article overviews the contributions Robert H. Goddard made to the development of liquid-fueled rockets.
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Website
Other

Sea Launch

For Students 9th - 10th
This corporation launches rockets for businesses interested in a cost effective, reliable solution for sending satellites into orbit. Information, images, and detailed specifications can all be found here.
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newtons Laws: Rocket Sledder Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience the effect of friction, air resistance, and applied force upon a sledder. The speed, acceleration, and force values are displayed as the sled moves. Learners can vary the mass of the sledder and the size of the parachute...
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Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Instruction: Reading Rockets: Topics a to Z

For Teachers K - 1st
This site provides a link to curricular materials that tell us what to teach, and instruction informs us of the best way to teach. This section includes information about both the "what" and "how" of evidence-based teaching.
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Website
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Education: Reading Rockets: Topics a to Z

For Students K - 1st
Teaching reading is a complex process that draws upon an extensive knowledge base and repertoire of strategies. Find out more about best practices in reading instruction and how best to prepare teachers for today's classrooms.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Wernher Von Braun

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA profiles Wernher von Braun, "one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration during the period between the 1930s and 1970s."
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Fuel Mystery Dis Solved!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students investigate the simulated use of solid rocket fuel by using an antacid tablet. Students observe the effect that surface area and temperature has on chemical reactions. Also, students compare the reaction time...
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Interactive
Topmarks Online

Topmarks: Rocket Rounding

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
A multiple choice game involving rounding numbers to ten, a hundred and to a whole number. There are two options, one with a number line and the other more difficult level, without one.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
View pictures of James Abbott McNeill Whistler's "Nocturne in Black and Gold" and read why this painting was involved in a court case.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rocket Sled

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the relationship between thrust, drag, friction, weight, and acceleration in this interactive simulation and see if you can make the sled stop on a particular rock
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Author Interview: Transcript From Interview With Pam Munoz Ryan

For Students 4th - 7th
This article shares the transcript of an interview with the author Pam Munoz Ryan. Conducted by one of the writers from Reading Rockets, autobiographical information is shared regarding the topics for some of the author's most famous works.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The national literacy initiative, Reading Rockets, provides information and resources on how students learn to read, why so many struggle, and how educators can help.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Developing Academic Language: Got Words?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a research-based article concerning how to best teach academic vocabulary. Research finds that most teachers assign and mention vocabulary, but to be effective, instruction must be direct and meaningful. Recommendations for...
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Graphic
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z: Root Words, Roots, and Affixes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to using word parts to improve vocabulary skills. Includes charts of common Greek and Latin roots as well as common prefixes and suffixes and their meanings. Each of the four charts can be downloaded.
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Website
NASA

Marshall Space Flight Center: Timeline of Rocket History

For Students 9th - 10th
This graphical presentation includes a collection of more than 50 images and descriptions tracing rocketry from ancient times to the present day.
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Handout
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Tips for Parents of Kindergartners

For Students Pre-K - K
Easy and fun activities parents can do to nurture strong, confident readers. The one-page handout is available in multiple languages.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A collection of videos, articles for parents and for teachers, teaching strategies, webcasts for teachers, and research briefs on helping children develop their writing skills.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Who's at Risk

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Some children are at increased risk for reading difficulties. The more risk factors a child has, the more likely it is that he or she will encounter reading problems. Here you will find articles, research briefs, and a video on how to...
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Video Interviews With Top Children's Authors and Illustrators

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A large collection of video interviews, along with biographical profiles, with well-known children's authors.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Phonics and Decoding

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The goal of phonics instruction is to help children learn the alphabetic principle - the idea that letters represent the sounds of spoken language - and that there is an organized, logical, and predictable relationship between written...
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Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Students With Autism: 10 Ideas for Inclusive Classrooms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students with autism may have unique needs with learning, social skills, and communication. These ten simple ideas will help teachers address some of these needs and provide guidance for bringing out the best in learners with autism.

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