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Planetary Travel Time — NASA JPL lessonMath · Elementary Math · Grades 5–6Lesson plan

Students will use average straight-line distances to the planets and average rate of travel of several modes of transportation to compute the length of time it would take a spacecraft launched from Earth to travel to another planet. Materials Pencil Scratch paper Solar system object images – download PDF Student worksheet – download PDF Teacher answer key – download PDF Chart paper Markers (Optional) calculator Management Download images of the planets and display them around the classroom for

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

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