Fall back and slow down. The fourth lesson in a six-part series on air traffic control leads the class to find the difference in distance traveled based upon the difference in speed. Pupils work through a problem related to walking speeds before moving back to airplanes.

Concepts

distance rate time problems, distance, speed, air travel, airplanes

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use proportional reasoning to convert knots to nautical miles per minute
• Have classmates act out how the speed of walking affects the difference in the distance traveled

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should be familiar with air traffic control terms 

Pros

• The answer key shows the locations based on speed on a number line
• Provides a mathematical derivation of the difference in distances based upon the difference in speeds

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.RP.A.3 8.EE.C.7.b HSN-Q.A.1 HSA-CED.A.1 MP2 MP4