Track a real airplane in flight and learn how vectors and trigonometry are used for aviation navigation. Focus is on math concepts and navigation.
Project is ongoing.
An Investigation of Ocean Currents Students use real time data in various scientific applications in order to discover the mysteries of the Gulf Stream. Individual lessons may be easily adapted to traditional biology, chemistry and physics classes. This standards-based Real Time Data Module has been created for use by students in the elementary grades to allow them to investigate weather phenomenon both locally as well as in other places around the world. Because of their ages students will not study complex weather concepts such as forecasting but will instead focus on developing a basic understanding of how weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind and precipitation.