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Microgravity

NASA Connect segment explaining microgravity and how the concepts of measurement and graphing help understand microgravity.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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Measurements, Ratios and Graphing

NASA Connect segment exploring microgravity and how the concepts of measurement, ratios, and graphing help scientists study all aspects of microgravity.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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Scale Modeling

NASA Connect segment exploring what it means to scale and why scientists use scale models and drawings. The video also explores math terms that are associated with scale models and drawings.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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In The Safety Zone Activity

NASA Connect Segment involving students participating in an activity that explores the air traffic control system. Its objectives are to analyze aircraft coordinates, use tools to determine distance, and apply ratios to calculate air safety travel index.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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Volume and Surface Area Activity

NASA Connect Segment involving students in an activity that investigates volume and surface area in two different cylinders. The video also explains basic mathematical functions to help answer the questions.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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Transportation Growth and Patterns

NASA Connect segment exploring transportation growth since the early 1900s and how the patterns of this growth are mathematical and are related to the Fibonacci sequence.

Grades 6-8
Mathematics
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Math and Wright Brothers

NASA Connect segment explaining ratios and proportions. The segment describes how these math concepts helped the Wright Brothers to invent the first flying machine.

Grades 6-8
Mathematics
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Ratios and Aircraft Design

NASA Connect segment explaining how the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio help NASA engineers research, design and develop airplanes.

Grades 6-8
Science
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Graphs and NASA Langley

NASA Connect segment exploring the NASA Langley facility. The video also explains the history of NASA Langley and how scientists there use measurement, ratios, and graphing.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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ALDF Testing

NASA Connect segment explaining NASA Langley's Aircraft Landing Dynamics Facility, or ALDF. The video explores how scientists are using math and technology to test tires, wheels, and brakes.

Grades 6-8
Science | Mathematics
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