Program Information

Series: NASA Connect
Program: Measurement, Ratios, and Graphing: Safety First
Segment Number: 3 (Watch entire program)
Duration: 00:02:01
Year Produced: 2001
Description:

NASA Connect Segment that explores instructional technologies relating to the show. These tools include a compact disc called Gate To Gate produced by NASA to introduce students to the air traffic control system.

NASA CONNECT™ is a series of Emmy®-award-winning, math-focused programs. Each program supports the national math, science, and technology standards and has three components that include (1) a 30-minute television broadcast; (2) a companion educator's guide; and (3) an online activity that further explores topics presented in the broadcast. These programs establish a connection between the math, science, and technology concepts taught in the classroom to those same concepts used everyday by NASA researchers.

For more information visit: http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/

Transcript

Start your journey by clicking
the preflight airplane icon
at the bottom
of the radar scope.

By clicking on the airplanes
around the scope,
you will navigate a flight
from San Francisco to New York,
beginning with the preflight
and going around the scope,
ending with the landing.

NASA Ames Research Center,
in cooperation with the FAA,
is developing sophisticated
software tools and procedures
to help air traffic controllers
manage air traffic
more safely and efficiently
throughout all phases
of the flight.

This CD will demonstrate
how some of these new tools
fit into the system.

Virginia Standards

6th Grade SOLs » Computer-Technology » 6.6
7th Grade SOLs » Computer-Technology » 7.6
8th Grade SOLs » Computer-Technology » 8.6