Teaching with Model Rocketry

Have you ever noticed that EVERY youngster will come running to see a model rocket lift off? This appeal that children have for rockets and space exploration is the tool that you can use to get them motivated to learn what you are teaching. The great thing about an excited student is that they might not even know that they are learning -- they are having too much fun!

One of the things we hear most often is that today's students are hard to motivate. Video games, television and other distractions make it hard to compete for a child's attention. Without fast action and loud noise, students just don't seem to get interested in learning.

Model rocketry is the one tool that you can use to get students interested in learning. It is DYNAMIC, "fast," and exciting! This is in addition to being highly educational and an excellent "Hands-On" activity.

Here are 150 rocketry topics to choose from. Rocketry is the attention getting tool that any teacher can use to motivate students to participate and learn. This excellent 8 page publication gives you over 150 ideas on how you can use rocketry to enrich almost any subject (besides just teaching Newton's Three Laws of Motion). If this publication can answer the question of how to use rockets to teach English, it will guide you on how to use it as a motivator in teaching even the toughest subjects. It also answers that basic questions on how to get started in rocketry if you've never done it before.