Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Forces and Motion, Physics
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Websites
Exploring Space Through Math gives students the opportunity to describe the orbits of the space shuttle and the International Space Station by writing the equations of the orbits. Using the properties of an ellipse, students predict the trajectory of the space shuttle as it rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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