Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Physical Science, Technology, Algebra, Geometry, Forces and Motion, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
Watch NASA astronaut Scott Tingle demonstrate the orbit of spacecraft such as the International Space Station! Can you solve for the distance the station travels in one orbit around the planet?
Classroom Connection: Orbits
Grade Level: 9-10
Time Required: 50 minutes
Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.REI.B.3 Solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable, including equations with coefficients represented by letters.