Launch a rocket into space

Launch a rocket into space

Hilary Koll

Book - 2015

What's the minimum height for an astronaut? What's the best shape for a rocket being launched into space? Find this out whilst also solving problems using 3D shapes and degrees of rotation to launch a rocket in space!

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Children's Room j510/Koll Due Dec 4, 2024
Subjects
Mathematics > Problems, exercises, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Space flight > Juvenile literature.
Published
Irvine, CA : QEB Publishing 2015.
Language
English
Main Author
Hilary Koll (author)
Other Authors
Steve Mills, 1955- (author), Vladimir Aleksić (illustrator)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781609927295
  • Astronaut selection (interpreting tables)
  • The history of rockets (timeline work)
  • Rocket shapes (3D shapes and nets)
  • The size of rockets (measurements and comparisons)
  • Rocket construction (fractions of a whole)
  • Getting ready for launch (comparing weight)
  • Food preparation (adding and subtracting)
  • Countdown (sequences and time)
  • Blast off! (measuring and comparing angles)
  • Into space (temperature and negative numbers)
  • In the cockpit (reading dials and scales)
  • In orbit (calculating time intervals)
  • Return to earth (co-ordinates and graphs)
  • Answers
  • Glossary and index.

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