![An Orion capsule, with 3 red inflated buoys on top, floats in the ocean near a large Coast Guard ship](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/edu_srch_orion_capsule.jpg?w=320)
Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Human Space Exploration, Mathematics, Present and Future, Geometry
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
In this standards-aligned exercise, students will use different approximations of pi to estimate the Orion spacecraft’s target landing zone.
With this exercise, students will:
- Calculate the area of Orion’s target landing zone (a semicircle) using two different approximations of pi.
- Find the difference of the two areas.
Common Core: 7.G.B.4, 8.NS.A.2