
Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Geometry, Measurement and Data Analysis, Problem Solving
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Websites
Engineers use small 3-D models of the Capsule Parachute Assembly System to analyze size and performance. Using a scale factor, students create a table that shows the actual dimensions and the scale models’ dimensions of several structural pieces of the CPAS structure.
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