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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ765641
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Aug
Pages: 7
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What's on Your Radar Screen? Distance-Rate-Time Problems from NASA
Condon, Gregory W.; Landesman, Miriam F.; Calasanz-Kaiser, Agnes
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v12 n1 p6-12 Aug 2006
This article features NASA's FlyBy Math, a series of six standards-based distance-rate-time investigations in air traffic control. Sixth-grade students--acting as pilots, air traffic controllers, and NASA scientists--conduct an experiment and then use multiple mathematical representations to analyze and solve a problem involving two planes flying on intersecting routes. (Contains 12 figures.)
Descriptors: Investigations, Grade 6, Experiments, Problem Solving, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods, Algebra, Air Transportation, Aviation Technology, Computation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 6
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Language: English
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