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Launch Into Math – Exercise 2: Volume and Geometric Solids

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Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion Spacecraft rollout at Kennedy Space Center

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12

Subject

Human Space Exploration, Mathematics, Present and Future

Type

Lesson Plans / Activities

This standards-aligned exercise helps students learn about the volume of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

With this exercise, students will:

  • Find the edge lengths of a right rectangular prism using unit cubes.
  • Calculate the volume of a right rectangular prism using the formula.

Common Core: 6.G.A.2

Launch Into Math – Exercise 2: Volume and Geometric Solids