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Experiments: Rocket mice

By Keith Kelly and Adrian Tennant

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This fun experiment reinforces vocabulary and concepts associated with forces. Students make a rocket mouse and learn how to make it fly with the help of a plastic bottle. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise and consolidate concepts connected to forces. Students then talk about their experiment and write a scientific report. Key vocabulary and practical teacher's notes are included.

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