Challenger Learning Center

Today Claire becomes a rocket scientist at Challenger Learning Center as she builds, launches and analyzes multiple rocket bodies and how they work.

6-8.PS2.A.2 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on balanced (Newton’s First Law) and unbalanced forces in a system, qualitative comparisons of forces, mass and changes in motion (Newton’s Second Law), frame of reference, and specification of units.]