Great way to use physics in an astronomy unit.
Submitted 10 years ago
Community Review for SimpleRockets
Pat D.
Falcon Creek Middle School
Aurora CO, US
My Take
This app makes me wish that I was teaching 8th grade again. Once my students learned about the Laws of Motion early in the year, this a great way to review those laws during the Astronomy unit. Students will feel like they are playing a game but they have to apply their prior learning to help them be successful. I could easily see my students downloading this app onto their own personal devices and playing it. They would be learning while having fun.
How I Use It
This a great way to review Newton's Laws of Motion during the astronomy unit. Students often why they have to learn the laws of motion and this is an application of those laws.
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Darlene P.
Assistant Principal & Graphite Mentor
Shivela Middle School
Murrieta, CA
December 20, 2014
Great tool for looking at physics in a new way
Overall this app was both fun and useful. I really like the engagement and options that the students have with the app. Without it the students would not be as engaged or have grown in the concept as much as they did.
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Erin W.
Teacher
Ann Arbor, MI
October 23, 2014
Fun interactive building and learning game
I think this app could be very useful to reinforce physics classes, however, there needs to be some direction/ information from the teacher about why certain rocket designs don't work, why others work better, etc. The app doesn't TEACH, it only reinforces what students would be learning in a physics or advanced science class.
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