Lessons For The Class Room     

*Note: All lessons are in .pdf or .doc format and will open in a new window. You will need a pdf reader such as Acrobat and a document viewer or word processor(MS Word). If you do not have what you need we have provided the needed viewers and they are located in the "Software / Other" - menu/sub menu on your left.

Getting Started
How to organize a youth group rocketry building and flying session.

Talks That You Can Give
Outlines and ideas for a rocketry presentation.

How High Did It Go?
Predicting and measuring rocket altitude.

Launch Lessons
Overview of classroom concepts.

Simulation Lessons
Overview of how theory is applied in rocketry software.

Altitude Chamber
Detailed plans with theroies and formulas for building an altitude chamber.
By Chuck Pierce, NASA In-Space Propulsion Engineer, MSFC.

Mission Simulation & Integration Exercise
An exercise that will allow your students to have fun with rocketry while teaching them the importance of team work. By Vince Huegele, NASA Physicist, MSFC

Lesson Material from Quest Aerospace
Ground to Sky - An Educators Field Guide to Starting a Model Rocketry Program.



Lesson Material Provided By Apogee Components

*Note: Some of the following pdf files are general rocketry lessons. Some of the files are reports and technical info that you can grab a lesson from. And some of the files are lessons for Rocksim - rocket design & simulation software for the computer(A copy of Rocksim for your use can be found under the "Software - Design" sub menu on your left).

Black Powder Motors

Composite Motors

Exporting Sim Data

Getting Started

Newtons Laws

Optimum Fin Shape

Quicker Sims

Recruiting Club Members

Rocket Parts

Rocket Stability

RockSim Labs 1

Rocksim Motors

Sample Flight Record

School Science Unit

Selecting Rocket Engines

Simulation Experiments

Simulation Tricks

Starting A School Program

Streamer Recovery

Lessons For wRASP
Rocket Altitude Simulation Program For Windows

*Note: You can find a copy of wRASP under the "Software - Simulation" sub menu on your left).

wRASP Tech Info

wRASP Primer Lesson