The students will watch a school edited version of Either October Sky or Apollo 13, along with some research about the history of rockets.
After the video and doing the research with the rocket history worksheet, student will make paper/tape rockets.
There is a handout below for the rocket templates with instructions on how to make them.
Use these links for the research and open the handout down down below.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrockethistory1.htm