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FlyBy Math: Distance-Rate-Time Problems in Air Traffic Control

In this small-group activity, learners assume the roles of pilots, air traffic controllers, and NASA scientists to solve five Air Traffic Control (ATC) problems. Learners examine different distance-rate-time air traffic scenarios that an air traffic controller might encounter. Each Air Traffic Control Problem features a Student Workbook containing an air traffic control experiment, paper-and-pencil calculations to support the experiment, and a...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Speed, Plane Geometry, Problem Solving, History/Policy/Law, NSDL, Physics, Number and Operations, Chemistry, Atmosphere, General, Earth System Science, Jet, Machines, Science and Society, Asking Questions, Aircraft, Physical Science, Equations and Inequalities, Invention and Innovation, Communicating Results, Mathematics, Motion and Forces, Science as a Career, Engineering, Projectile Motion, Calculations, The Design Process, Flight, Rate, Education, Gravity, Algebra, Motion, Units of Measurement, Satellites and Spacecraft, Routes, Representation, Graph, Conducting Investigations, Geometry, Air Traffic Control, Data Representation, Atmospheric Science, Space Science, Data Analysis, Airplanes, Transportation, Troubleshooting and Maintenance, Geoscience, Measurement, Data Collection, Gathering Data, The Scientific Process, General Science, Technology, Intersect, Data Analysis and Probability, Aerospace Engineering, Momentum and Velocity, Probes, Formulating Explanations

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Authors:: Gregory W. Condon, NASA
Miriam Landesman, NASA
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States