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Street Math, Space Shuttle Style — NASA JPL lessonMath · Middle School Math · Grades 2–11Lesson plan

It's no easy task assembling the only complete stack of NASA Space Shuttle Program flight hardware in existence. Especially when it means navigating a behemoth external fuel tank through the streets of Los Angeles! But that's what the California Science Center has done and it presented a unique set of navigational challenges. In this activity, students apply their math problem-solving skills to a real-world challenge with a unique NASA connection. While considering the challenges encountered in

From NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL Education · Public domain (US Gov) · original source

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