Reading and Viewing Activity

List the materials to make this mini bottle rocket.

Answer explanation

Small 500ml bottle - empty

Cork that fits tightly inside the bottle neck

Half a piece of kitchen roll

1 tablespoon baking soda - bicarbonate of soda

Vinegar or lemon juice

3 Straws

Tape

Identify the adverb of manner in the following sentence.

“When you’re ready to launch, drop the baking soda parcel into the bottle, quickly and the cork, put the rocket down and stand back!”

• Into the bottle

• Quickly

• Launch

Pour about 3cm ______________ into the bottle.

State whether the following statement is a complex sentence or a compound sentence.

"Wrap the baking soda up in the kitchen roll to make a little parcel. Is this sentence a compound or complex sentence?"

• Complex sentence

• Compound sentence

Arrange the following steps in the correct order to make the mini bottle rocket.

"Choose a launch area outside. It needs to be a hard surface."

"Wrap the baking soda in the kitchen roll to make a little parcel."

"Use tape to attach 3 straws to the side of the bottle so it stands up, upside down."

"When you're ready to launch, drop the baking soda parcel into the bottle, quickly and the cork, put the rocket down and stand back!"

"Pour about 3cm of vinegar into the bottle."

Answer explanation

Number the steps accordingly from 1 to 5.

"Use tape to attach 3 straws to the side of the bottle so it stands up, upside down." (1)

"Pour about 3cm of vinegar into the bottle." (2)

"Wrap the baking soda in the kitchen roll to make a little parcel." (3)

"Choose a launch area outside. It needs to be a hard surface." (4)

"When you're ready to launch, drop the baking soda parcel into the bottle, quickly and the cork, put the rocket down and stand back!" (5)

Change the following two statements to make it a compound sentence. Use the conjunction AS and the preposition ON.

"Choose a launch area outside. It needs to be a hard surface."

Answer explanation

Possible answer:

"Choose a launch area outside as it is needs to be on a hard surface."

How will the vinegar and baking soda affect the bottle rocket?

Answer explanation

Possible answer:

When the baking soda is dropped into the water bottle with vinegar, which builds up (forms) pressure and enable it to lift the rocket or blast off.

How will the images in the instructional text affect your understanding on how to make a bottle rocket?

Answer explanation

Possible answer:

It enables me to see what the materials look like, and how the final product should look like.

Explain the main idea of this instructional text.

Answer explanation

Possible answer:

To show what materials are needed to make a mini bottle rocket and the method (instructions) that needs to be followed.

What do you think will the outcome if the baking soda are not added to the water bottle with vinegar?

Answer explanation

Possible answer:

The bottle rocket will not build pressure therefore it will be unsuccessful and not blast off or explode into the air.