Estes Educator - Videos and Lesson Plans

Estes model rockets is the leader in the model rocketry industry and continues to produce new and fun products each year. Their products are excellent for builders of all ages and experience, making their model rockets excellent for schools, scouts, and other youth groups. Bulk model rockets are also available through the company at reduced prices which makes the activity affordable to many programs.

Along with great products Estes also offers excellent lesson plans that make learning about rocketry fun and exciting. Some examples of the worksheets available through Estes Educator include;

• Altitude Tracking
• Fins and Nose Cones
• Mission Logos
• The flight profile of model rockets
• NAR Model Rocket Safety Code

These are just a few of the worksheets available on the Estes website. The broad range of resources makes teaching a whole week of model rocketry easy with the helpful worksheets. Along with these worksheets there are three down loadable PowerPoint presentations History of Rockets, NASA Mission Patches, and Private Spacecraft Exploration. These visual presentations help reinforce the information being shared.

Additional information from Estes includes over 20 publications that will assist teachers in their lesson plans. Examples of these publications include a poser that shows how rocket motors are classified, a model rocketry study guide, and a rocket motors time/thrust curve. These pdf files make teaching any level of model rocketry simple and fun. All these helpful resources can be found here