How can we use the patterns in motion we observed to explain how the JWST was launched into space?

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How can we use the patterns in motion we observed to explain how the JWST was launched into space?

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Elementary school students, as scientists, reflect on the patterns in motion observed in the model rocket launch to answer the lesson question: How can we use the patterns in motion we observed to explain how the JWST was launched into space? Students return to what they figured out in each of the previous lessons in order to build their explanation.

This lesson plan is lesson six of the Launching the James Webb Space Telescope Unit. The unit was created in collaboration with AIAA and Estes Education.

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