How Rockets Fly - And DIY Model Rockets

This morning Jeff Bezos is blasting into space on a new rocket designed by his company, Blue Origin. The BBC has a succinct overview of how the rocket is designed to work. For a kid-friendly explanation of how rockets work, turn to SciShow Kids. Last week SciShow Kids released a video titled How Do Rockets Fly? 

Like all SciShow Kids videos, How Do Rockets Fly? offers an easy-to-follow explanation of the basic design and purpose of rockets. I particularly like the comparison of the weight of a rocket to the weight of one hundred elephants. Watch the video here or as embedded below. 

After watching the video about how rockets fly, take a look at the latest SciShow Kids video about how to build paper rockets. The video is based on the directions that NASA provides for making straw rockets and the teacher guide for making stomp rockets.