Grades: 9-12
These activities comprise a series of 31 practical mathematics applications in space science. This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of problems distributed to teachers during the 2007-2008 school year. The problems in this booklet investigate space phenomena and math applications such as black holes, sunspots, the moon's atmosphere, scientific notation, evaluating functions, Benford's law and geometry. The problems are authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. Each word problem includes background information. The one-page assignments are accompanied by one-page teachers answer keys.
Space Math IV [11MB PDF file]
More booklets in this series:
Space Math I
Space Math II
Space Math III
Space Math V
Space Math VI
Space Math VII
Astrobiology Math
Black Hole Math
Earth Math
Electromagnetic Math
Image Scale Math
Lunar Math
Magnetic Math
Radiation Math
Remote Sensing Math
Solar Math
Space Weather Math
Transit Math
Source: NASA