The series integrates mathematics and science with other curriculum areas including language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. The book contains twenty three activities dealing with topics such as airplanes, hot air balloons, and kites. Each activity lists the key questions, corresponding standards, and integrated disciplines as well as the procedures and materials. In one activity students investigate different parachute designs and their rates of descent. The teachers are given background information about the calculations and the components of a parachute as well as classroom management tips.
Students construct the parachutes and record the time of descent.
They consider the factors that affected their rates and consider how to improve their performance. As an extension, the book suggests a contest for the parachute with the slowest descent. Tables elaborate the Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy as well as the process and math skills that are taught in each investigation. Reproducible handouts are found throughout the book.