Learners examine themselves as being part of a global community. In this global community lesson, students investigate GPS systems. Learners gain knowledge on how the device works. Students discover that satellites provide information...

In this velocity lesson students complete a series of multiple choice and short answer questions on altitude, velocity and energy.

Take your class up, up, and away with an engaging weather balloon simulation! Individuals get hands-on experience in creating and launching their own airborne labs to study how temperature and pressure affect substances at 100,000...

Students perform an experiment to find the dew point at ground level and then make a chart to determine where a cloud would form.

Learners find the orthocenter of a triangle. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify where the altitudes meet in a triangle. They use Cabri software to explore acute, obtuse and right triangles.

Students use SunPath in the yearly mode to investigate seasonal changes in sunrise, sunset, length of day and sun altitude at their own latitude. Sun Path JAVA applet uses equations for a spherical Earth to calculate the sunrise and...

In this satellite drag and Hubble space telescope worksheet, students solve two problems using a graph showing the altitude of the satellite vs. the year with two lines showing two different types of re-boost and one...

Learners explore rocketry using balloon rockets. They demonstrate how rockets can achieve greater altitudes by using the technology of staging. By using two inflated balloons that slide along a fishing line, they simulate a multistage...

In this right triangles instructional activity, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the means proportionally in each right triangle. First, they use the given information to determine the measure of each...

Students use FoilSim to design an airplane wing that generates a given lift. As they change parameters such as airspeed, altitude, angle of attack, thickness and curvature of the airfoil, and size of the wing area, the software...

Students track and record data on the Sun's position in the sky and on the output of a solar panel tracking the Sun. On a second day, students graph and analyze the data to identify relationships between (1) the time of day, (2) the...

In this math worksheet, students graph the function. Then they determine the altitude in relation to the graph of the function using point (2,1).

Learners explore alternative energy sources. In this wind energy lesson, students will investigate the difference in the speed and smoothness of wind at different altitudes above earth. Learners will use kites, helium balloons,...

Students investigate the effects of air pressure on humans by utilizing the Internet.  In this physical science activity, students research the Internet to discover altitude sickness and air pressure.  Students prepare against...

Learners solve problems using geometric means. In this geometry instructional activity, students create altitudes in right triangles. They use Cabri software to move the triangle around and observe different sides and angles.

Student identify the solution using geometric mean. In this geometry lesson, students create right triangles where the altitude of the triangle is the side containing the right angle. They modify shapes using Cabri software and observe...

Learners study how the sun is at the center of the solar system.  In this solar lesson students measure the altitude of the sun and its size.

What are the basics for building a rocket out of a two-liter bottle? The procedures outline the basics to create an air- and water-powered bottle rocket. Prior to launching the rockets, teams perform safety checks to ensure their designs...

How do rockets fly? Teams design, build, and launch a rocket made from a two-liter bottle to explore forces on a rocket such as Newton's Laws of Motion.  During the design phase, young engineers draw a diagram of their rocket and...

Young scholars design posters on the ozone to be judged. They design a board game on the depletion of the ozone and list the layers of the atmosphere. They construct a collage of the atmosphere into layers according to the way...

In this minimum and maximum worksheet, student find the maximum and minimum values of given functions. They determine the largest and least altitude of a scalene triangle under given conditions. Young scholars find the largest value of...

Young scholars analyze airplane landing and cause for running off the runway. In this geometry lesson, students investigate why airplanes run off the runway and write a report on it. They examine temperature, pressure, altitude, tail...

In this algebra worksheet, students answer a word problem about a distance-rate multiplied by times problem. They discuss slope and altitude. There is an answer key with this problem.

Learners study how buoyancy, pressure, and light can effect the work of underwater scientists.  In this marine science lesson students complete a lab that allows them to better understand how pressure varies with altitude and...