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HOW ESTES
MODEL ROCKETRY BENEFITS YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS
Welcome to Estes Model Rocketry. This guide
will point you in the right direction and familiarize you with Estes
products so that your experiences in class will be satisfying and
rewarding. Many positive qualities have been associated with the use of
model rocketry in the classroom. Educators describe it as an
'exciting', 'motivational' and 'high energy' teaching tool.
Thousands of teachers successfully use Estes rocket as part of their
curricula every year. Over the years these teachers have become members
of the Estes 'family', staying in touch with us and sharing their
experiences.
Apart from the anticipation that builds during their rocketry units and
witnessing their students' enthusiasm on 'launch day', teachers
have expressed many reasons why they use Estes products from year to
year. With model rocketry, you will easily be able to:
Provide a high energy 'catalyst' that combines units in science with
developments in space - bring the space age into your classroom.
Provide a flexible medium
that will engage your students' creativity in several areas including:
social sciences, reading, crafts, technology and science.
Introduce an affordable
'technology in miniature' that will acquaint your students with
technical concepts, terms and techniques at a time when the lack of
technical literacy has become a major educational concern.
Foster a close
co-investigator relationship between you and your students, one that
usually grows from year to year.
Create interest in your
students to pursue engineering and science studies, perhaps to a
professional level.
Provide an easy to use
framework to develop your students' ability to properly design,
conduct and report experimental investigations.
Make unique and captivating
learning opportunities for those students who have become disinterested
in traditional school activities.
Offer practical
opportunities for learning disabled students.
Accurately make assessments as to your students' progress through the
unit.
Expand your curriculum from
basic introduction through more advanced topics.
Provide an excellent
culmination of activities in the spring by staging a 'Launch Day'.
Involve community and media
during launch day and give your class a chance to shine!
Experience the sense of
accomplishment that develops as the students progress from an assemblage
of parts and ideas to a successfully flying model rocket.
People have often said they receive greater benefits as teachers than
their kids do as students. Although this is probably true of any
teaching experience, model rocketry does provide many solid benefits for
your students - benefits they may not receive from any other experience
while they are in school. Some of these are:
Development of real
connections between theory and hands-on applications in science, math
and technology.
Encouragement to actively
play a role in ALL phases of rocket construction, launch and experiment
development.
Development of greater
psycho-motor skills.
Improvement of spatial
relations and conceptual thinking skills.
An opportunity to
demonstrate expertise and knowledge before one's instructors and
peers.
To gain experience in
designing, conducting and reporting basic experimental investigations.
Enhancement of self-image
through successful accomplishments.
Improvement of cooperative
skills in group activities.
Development of greater
awareness for safety and attention to detail.
Having a memorable and
positive experience during the learning process. |
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