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Mathematics Skill or Topic Area: Integers and the Coordinate Plane |
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Next Gen Science Framework: ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System, PS3.A: Definitions of Energy, ETS1: Engineering Design Common Core ELA for Science: RST.6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. RST.6-8.8. Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text. RST.6-8.9. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic. Common Core Math Standard: 6.NS.8 Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. |
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Video Engagement: Rectangular Coordinate System This NASA eClips video segment students use a number line in a rectangular coordinate system. Identify horizontal and vertical axis lines, quadrants, coordinates, ordered pairs and integers. Example problems help review key concepts. (7 minutes). View Program |
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Explore
math connections with SpaceMath@NASA |
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Problem I -
Guess this Constellation!
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For thousands of years astronomers have plotted the locations of the stars in the sky so that they can keep track of new events that happen,
like the slow movement of a planet across the sky, or even an exploding star that suddenly appears.
Only a few hundred bright stars can be seen with the naked eye looking from homes in a city.
Traveling into the country, with its dark skies, increases the numbers of stars visible to the naked eye. In this problem students will graph the positions of several stars to form a star map, and identify the constellation!
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Problem II -
Following the Curiosity Rover on Mars -
The Curiosity Rover is traveling across the surface of Mars, stopping during the martian night to conserve energy. These stops are called Way Stations. Students will record the location of a series of Way Stations as ordered pairs in this problem..
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Explain
your thinking: Write
your own problem - Using information
found in the Math Connection problems, the press release or the video
program, create your own math problem. Explain why you set the problem up this
way, and how you might find its answer.
Evaluate
your understanding: Challenge Problem
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Our Place in the Milky Way -
In this problem students will locate some famous nebulae in the Milky Way by comparing their coordinates with the locations of nearby spiral arms. Astronomers have been able to discover that there are 4 separate spiral arms in the Milky Way. Our galaxy is shaped very much like a gigantic pinwheel! The shape is more clearly defined as more objects are plotted.
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NASA / JPL 3-D Solar System |
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Extend your new knowledge - Explore different coordinate systems in the solar system. [ Open PDF ] |
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