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Bearings

For Students 5th - 6th
In this online bearings worksheet, students complete a variety of online exercises involving traveling in different directions. Students check their twenty-one answers as they go and the computer computes their final overall score at the...
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Coronal Mass Ejections

For Students 9th - 12th
In this coronal mass ejections worksheet, high schoolers observe a time line of events that took place during a solar storm. Students use the time line to answer 3 questions about the solar storm and the time it took to reach Earth. High...
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How Much Is It?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore foreign currencies. For this foreign currencies lesson, students simulate travel to another country and determine the value of the US dollar compared to other countries. Middle schoolers use a conversion table...
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Lego Robotics: Measuring Speed

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students build and program a LEGO robotic car as well as measure and graph its speed. They acquire familiarity with principles of construction, motion, design and problem solving. They compare a robot's speed over two different surfaces...
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Conversion Factors

For Students 8th - 12th
In this conversion factors worksheet, students read word problems, convert them to equations, and compute the answer.  They determine the distance between two points and find the cost to travel a predetermined distance. ...
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Percent / Percentage Word Problems (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online math worksheet, high schoolers solve word problems associated with percentage. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties. A terrific teaching...
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Stories That Really Add Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, develop math lessons for younger students that each stems from a popular student story. Group members individually develop lessons for other subject areas based on their group's story, creating interdisciplinary units.
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Finding Satisfactory Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students decide where to locate ice cream stands in a town so that no one has to travel too far to buy a treat. The problem-solving strategies for this problem give students a chance to decide what makes a solution satisfactory.
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A Real Life Example of the Distance Formula

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students answer the following question: "Using the lines of latitude and longitude, what is the distance (in degrees) if you were to travel from NASA Dryden to NASA Ames?" They use the distance formula to find the distance (measured in...
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Let's Go To Mexico

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are able to use the Internet to conduct research. They research Mexican culture and traditions. Students compare and contrast Mexican and U.S. food and clothing. They convert United States currency to Mexican pesos. Students...
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Coronal Mass Ejection

For Students 9th - 12th
In this coronal mass ejection worksheet, students read about the coronal mass ejections detected by the IMAGE satellite and the Hubble Space Telescope resulting in auroras. Students solve 6 problems and determine the speed of the coronal...
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Time Intervals

For Students 9th - 12th
For this time intervals worksheet, students solve 8 problems where they determine the time gamma-ray bursts last, the time black hole micro-flares are emitted, the time coronal mass ejections travel and the days between lunar phases of...
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Earth's Magnetic Pole

For Students 8th - 11th
In this Earth's magnetic pole worksheet, students use a diagram showing the changes in the magnetic pole of the Earth over time. Students use the given scale of the changes to answer 6 questions about the average speed of the magnetic...
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Super-Fast Solar Flares!

For Students 9th - 12th
For this solar flares worksheet, students observe a sequence of figures of a solar flare observed in 2003 from the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager satellite. Students solve 6 problems including finding the scale of each...
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The Dawn Mission: Ion Rockets and Spiral Orbits

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this ion rocket and orbits worksheet, students read about the spiral orbit the Dawn spacecraft took due to its ion rocket motor. Students solve 3 problems including finding the path taken by the spacecraft, determining the total path...
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Solar and Auroral Events

For Students 8th - 10th
In this solar and auroral events worksheet, students answer 5 questions about a coronal mass ejection that traveled to the Earth. They find the time it took to arrive and they determine the speed of the coronal mass ejection in...
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Finding the Shortest Total Distance possible

For Students 10th - 11th
In this geometry worksheet, students solve the problem of finding the shortest total distance traveling in straight lines.  The solution is provided.
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Study Buddies: Estimating Quotients

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to solve a division problems by estimating quotients. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Lessons for Atlatl Users with Some Experience-Grade 5

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders throw darts, collecting data for distance traveled. In this data analysis lesson, 5th graders throw a dart using an atlatl. They calculate the speed for each throw and determine the best dart length for distance throws.
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Black Hole Power...X

For Students 9th - 12th
In this power of black holes worksheet, learners solve 6 problems including finding the surface area of a black hole, determining the amount of matter in the black hole shell, finding the rest mass energy and determining the time it...
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Reading and Sketching Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this graphs worksheet, students answer 15 multistep questions about graphs.  Students determine distance traveled, time, velocity, and create scenarios to fit the graph.
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Traveling Across America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students plan a trip to a state capital of their choice with a budget of $2,000. The budgets include site seeing, lodging, food and all necessary expenses. Students keep a daily journal and maintain their budget.
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Math Regents Exam Questions

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve distance-rate-time word problems.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of eight multiple choice and free response problems.  Answers are provided. 
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Expand Your Math By Traveling Over the Chesapeake Bay!

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Chesapeake Bay worksheet, students read word problems and answer questions about years passed, and money spent on the two ways to drive over Chesapeake Bay. Students complete 5 problems.

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