This week has been an exciting time at Adventures Ahead as the students built paper rockets and launched them in the park using a special rocket launcher Lauren built in our living room using PVC pipe from home depot.
The rockets are able to go really high (one got stuck on our roof during a test launch). And the students love seeing exactly how far they can launch them. In the spirit of scientific inquiry, they have even come up with ways to tweak the rockets and test their predictions. What will happen if we launch two at once? They are also learning record-keeping techn
iques as they record and chart the distances the rockets have flown.This week teachers will focus on bringing together all of the flight principles the students have learned to explain how an airplane flies. On Thursday the class will take its biggest field trip yet — to the Reagan library in Simi valley, where they'll have the opportunity to tour a previous version of Air Force One! Please pray for this trip -- logistics, patience during the long bus ride, and lots of learning and fun.
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