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Tangram Rocket

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Participants play a game together to create a large rocket made from geometric shapes, or tangrams

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Hints for uses in your library Consider cutting out the tangram sets prior to the activity for younger patrons who may have trouble using scissors
Related Links NASA: Rocket Principles
NASA: What is a Rocket?
NASA Space Place: Rockets
MIT: Rocket Principles
Originating Source NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Tangram Rocket

Tangram Rocket

Participants play a game together to create a large rocket made from geometric shapes, or tangrams