1948-1958: Ejection seat
5 September 2019
Age Range: 11-14 6-11
The aim of this resource is to give students the opportunity to investigate the STEM involved in designing ejection seats. Students will explore the impact of ejecting from an aircraft on the human body and design an ejection seat for a bottle rocket.
Equipment list
You will need the following per group:
Paper
String
Plastic fizzy drinks bottle, 1 litre or 1.5 litre in size
Bottle rocket launcher
Foot pump
Paper
String
Plastic fizzy drinks bottle, 1 litre or 1.5 litre in size
Bottle rocket launcher
Foot pump
Attachments
- Ejection Seat Teacher Guide - (11.60 MB)
- Ejection Seat Student Guide - (9.51 MB)
- Ejection Seat Teacher Guide (Welsh) - (9.72 MB)
- Ejection Seat Student Guide (Welsh) - (7.75 MB)
- Awesome ejection seat