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title: Ready, Set, Launch!
description: This week, the eighth-grade science classes built rockets and launched them at Glasser Field as part of a unit on forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion.
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# [Ready, Set, Launch!](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/ready-set-launch)

 Written by [Paul Messman](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/author/paul-messman) | Dec 13, 2018 8:59:00 PM

This week, the eighth-grade science classes built rockets and launched them at Glasser Field as part of a unit on forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion.

 

 

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The water rockets were made from 20 oz. soda bottles and, after filling them about half full of water, were pressurized with a bicycle pump. When released, they soared to heights of 300 feet or more.

While this activity was quite engaging, it also provided the students with an important hands-on experience that will help them better understand Newton’s Third Law: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

Watch some of the rocket launches in action:

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