Activity Two: Track the Altitude of a Rocket

Students construct and use an altitude tracker and altitude calculator to estimate the height of a rocket at apogee (the highest point of the trajectory of the rocket).

Students will:

• Construct and use an altitude tracker to collect and analyze data from the flight of a rocket.
• Construct and use an altitude calculator to estimate the height of a rocket at apogee.
• Use a tangent table to estimate the height of the rocket at apogee and compare the result to that of the altitude calculator.

Common Core Math Standards: 6.NS.B.3, 7.NS.A.2, 7.NS.A.2.C, 7.NS.A.3

Activity Two: Track the Altitude of a Rocket

This lesson plan is part of the “Propulsion With the Space Launch System Educator Guide.”