Get Outside!
Rockets - Payloads and Scales - Oh my!
GO! Get Outside and try these rocket-related activities.
Activity 1 - Payload
A payload is what a rocket carries into space. Rockets carry different types of payloads such as satellites, cargo, and even people! It is important we design safe rockets to keep our payloads safe and, in the case of humans, land them safely back on Earth. Just how fragile can payloads be when attached to a rocket!? Let’s have an egg toss or water balloon relay and see who can keep their “payload” safe for the longest as you throw it back and forth to each other.
Divide your family members into teams and provide each team with a raw egg (or water balloon!)
Have teammates stand an arm’s length away from each other, forming two lines on either side
Toss the egg, or balloon, to your teammate and back. If both teammates catch the egg or balloon successfully, take a step away from your partner, increasing the distance between each other.
Continue tossing the egg until no eggs or balloons are intact. The team with the widest distance between the two teammates wins the game!
Activity 2 - How Big is a Rocket?
The Saturn V rocket used in NASA's Apollo program is 363 feet tall, or 121 yards. That is taller than the Statue of Liberty! With your family, go to the park and your freet heelt to toe counting 121 steps. Mark where you start and where you are on your last step. Look how far you went! Now imagine 3 times that length and you can see how tall the Saturn V really is!
Don't forget to share pictures of your family in action!
