Import the 'rocket acceleration' lesson (#1238)

* Import the 'rocket acceleration' lesson

* Add caution message to launcher section
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# Overview
## Science Concept
The Earth exerts a gravitional force on all objects. A rocket must have a force greater than gravity to lift off. This force, acceleration, can be measured with a @boardname@ in 3 different directions or as a combined force of all three. A two liter soda bottle rocket can be made and then changes in acceleration can be measured as it lifts off and falls back to the earth.
## Project Goal
Give students real world experience with coding, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting results using MakeCodes block programming and a @boardname@ with its sensors.(MakeCode.org and @boardname@.org)
## Prior Knowledge
Students need to have a basic knowledge of how to code using block style programming (@boardname@ using the Windows 10 MakeCode app) and download a program to a @boardname@.
## Student Outcomes
Students will:
* Create experiments to collect data using @boardname@s and measure acceleration of a 2 liter pop bottle water rocket.
* Code the @boardname@s to collect data remotely over the @boardname@ radios.
* Analyze the data collected.
* Report on the findings of the experiments.
## Materials Needed
* 2 @boardname@s with batteries connected
* A 2 liter pop bottle rocket with nosecone
* A 2 liter pop bottle rocket launcher
* A longer USB @boardname@ cable
* Spreadsheet for data analysis
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| Adapted from "[Rocket Acceleration z Radios](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IyhCPdYQevKh3kHNgukSxlgdvZIKuzmIBjLSRnFS36o)" by [C Lyman](http://utahcoding.org) | | [![CC BY-NC-SA](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) |