Background Rockets are the oldest form of self-contained vehicles in existence. Ancient rockets were in use more than two thousand years ago. Over a long and exciting history, rockets have evolved into mighty vehicles capable of launching a spacecraft that can travel out into the galaxy beyond our solar system. Few experiences can compare with the excitement and thrill of watching a rocket-powered vehicle such as the Space Shuttle thunder into space. One of the interesting facts about the historical development of rockets is that while rockets and rocket-powered devices have been in use for more than two thousand years, it has been only in the past three hundred that rocket experimenters have had a scientific basis for understanding how they work.
Students are interested in rockets.
Rockets are exciting. They thunder, roar, and shoot flames. It is only natural that dreams of rocket flight to distant worlds fire the imagination of students. A copy of the worksheet Rocket Power that corresponds with the video of the same name. A copy of the text, A Brief History of Rocketry .