Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math Project-Based Learning Activity | Engineering Design | Grades 9–12

Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math Project-Based Learning Activity is a project-based learning activity for Engineering Design (grades 9–12) on Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math.

Pairs with: Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math Slide Show Presentation; Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math Guided Notes; Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math Lesson Quiz; Pneumatic Rockets & Apogee Math Vocabulary Words & Definitions.

Sections: Engineering Design • Chapter 09; Project Based Learning • One Project, One Product; Driving Question; Your Product; Project Launch; The Scenario; Driving Question — Your Team Answers This; What Your Team Hands In — The Product Must Meet This Spec:. Sample item: “How can we build and launch a water rocket that flies straight to its highest possible apogee — and prove how high it went?”

What's inside: Project Based Learning Activity (editable .pptx + PDF, 43 slides); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: Aligned to ITEEA Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy for Engineering Design, with embedded engineering design practices and career-readiness skills.

Resource type: Project-Based Learning Activity. Format: editable Microsoft PowerPoint file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Students work through the project stations over several class periods, ending with a product they present. Built for Engineering Design, grades 9–12.

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