Description

Overview:

It would seem that bottles of lemon juice and rockets have only their basic shape in common. However, as two cast members from ZOOM demonstrate in this adapted video segment, when baking soda is added to the mix, a plastic bottle can act very much like a real rocket. Grades 3-8.

Subject:

Chemistry, Physics

Level:

Upper Primary, Middle School, Career / Technical

Grades:

Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Material Type:

Activity/Lab

Author:

National Science Foundation, WGBH Educational Foundation

Provider:

PBS LearningMedia

Provider Set:

PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development

Date Added:

02/20/2004