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The spacecraft is drifting too far off course! Two games help explain how a spacecraft can use its thrusters to maintain its position. The games have pupils be the components of vectors in order to create and counteract the disturbances.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
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Instructional Ideas
- Use as an introduction to a lesson on vector addition
- Provide different disturbance vectors for the class to correct
Classroom Considerations
- Can be done without knowledge of vectors
Pros
- Simplifies a complex issue to make it understandable
- The reading explains a scenario that makes it important to know how to add vectors
Cons
- None