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MATH Exploration Given That the Volume of One H-1 Engine Is Equal to N, Write an Expression for the Volume of All 1St Stage Engines for the Saturn IB Rocket DAVIDSON CENTER 1 The Power of Zero (6-NS3) 6 Lunar Rover (6-G2, 6-G4) 10 Voyage to the Moon (6-NS1, 6-NS5) How many more gallons of water does the Space and The lunar rover is about 30 cubic feet when folded for A space suit can protect an astronaut from temperatures Rocket Center consume compared to the amount of storage in the Lunar Module. Determine the dimensions as low as -250° Fahrenheit, and as hot as 350°. Convert water output as waste? of one possible right rectangular prism with a volume these temperatures to degrees Celsius, using the formula of 30 cubic feet. Then draw the net of a right rectangular C = 5/9 (F – 32). Total gallons prism. - gallons consumed ___________________ Waste 2 The Power of Zero (6-RP3c) What percentage of water consumed is output as waste? 11 Skylab Model (6-G1) 7 Apollo 16 Command Module (6-RP3) Each section of the rectangular Skylab solar panels is The Apollo 16 mission brought back moon rocks. divided into grids. Assume that each individual square Waste Earth’s gravity is six times stronger than the gravity on on a grid is one square inch. Record the dimensions of Total the moon. Use ratios to compute how much the moon a solar panel on the Solar Array System Wing 2 and then rocks weighed on the moon. calculate its area. 3 The Power of Three (6-EE5, 6-EE6) Find the total thrust of all three stages of the Saturn V rocket. Write an equation to determine the thrust of the third stage if given the thrust of the first two stages. 8 Life Aboard (6-NS2) 12 Gift Shop (6-NS3) While on a mission, an astronaut consumes You have $20 to spend in the gift shop. List three items approximately 2,800 calories per day. If these calories found in the gift shop and their cost. Calculate the total Sixth Grade are distributed equally over the three meals, how many cost of all three items. If no sales tax is charged, how 4 H-1 Engine (6-EE2, 6-EE4) calories will an astronaut consume at each meal? much change will you get or how much more money will you need to purchase these items? MATH exploration Given that the volume of one H-1 engine is equal to n, write an expression for the volume of all 1st stage engines for the Saturn IB rocket. 9 Life Aboard (6-EE3) The average apple weighs 200 grams and MoonPies weigh approximately 100 grams each. If each astronaut ROCKET PARK 5 Lunar Rover Models (6-G3) takes three apples and two MoonPies to the International Draw at least three different polygons used in the lunar Space Station, what is the total weight (in grams) of these rover model. snacks carried by four astronauts? 13 Lunar Surface (6-EE1, 6-EE7) One formula used to estimate the energy, in joules, need- Weight in lbs: ed to create a crater on the moon is E=4.0x106D3, where D is the diameter of the crater in meters. Use this formu- la to estimate how much energy it would take to create a crater with a radius of 10 meters. Created By: Huntsville City Schools Paving the Way Grant ROCKET PARK SPARK LAB AREA MAIN ATRIUM 14 NASA Skylab (6-NS2) 19 Space Scale (6-NS3) 25 Visions of the Future (6-SP5) 28 Visions of the Future (6-SP2, 6-SP5) What was the average number of miles Skylab traveled Record your weight on: Create a table listing the heights of the rockets displayed. Find the median height of the rockets. per day? Mars________ Moon________ Rocket Height A-1 20 Find the difference between your weight on Mars A-2 and on the moon. 15 U.S. Army Nike Hercules Rocket (6-G1) 29 Visions of the Future (6-SP3) The rear wing of a Nike Hercules Rocket is the trapezoid Find the range of the rocket heights. shown below. Calculate its area. 53" 21 Space Scale (6-RP1) 45" Write a ratio, in simplest form, that compares your weight 23" on Earth to your weight on the moon. 30 Visions of the Future (6-SP1) 48" Which of these is a statistical question? 16 U.S. Army Spartan Rocket (6-G1) • What is the height of an A-4b rocket? The fin on the Spartan rocket is a right triangle with a • What is the mean height of all the rockets? base of 35 inches and a height of 49 inches. What is the area of this fin? 22 Space Shuttle Tires (6-RP3, 6-NS2, 6-NS3) 26 Visions of the Future (6-NS6, 6-SP4) The tires on a space shuttle increase in pressure when Create a dot plot comparing the heights of these rockets. they are in space. By what percent does the tire pressure increase in space? 31 Apollo – One Giant Leap (6-G1) Which of these constellations has a negative 17 MLRS (6-G2) ascension angle? Each compartment on an MLRS rocket contains six • Big Dipper rockets. If each compartment is 1 ½ x 2 x 13 feet, what • Lupus is the total volume of all the compartments? 23 International Space Station (6-EE9) • Hercules The International Space Station orbits the Earth at about • Corona 7.7 kilometers per second. How long would it take the space station to travel from Huntsville to Birmingham, which is about 160 kilometers? SPARK LAB AREA 32 TOW 2B and APKWS Missiles 18 Shuttle Model (6-RP2) (6-EE8, 6-NS7, 6-RP3) Endeavor spent 299 days in space over 25 missions. 24 International Space Station (6-NS2, 6-RP3) Write an inequality that compares the What was the average number of days for each The International Space Station orbits the Earth every 27 Visions of the Future (6-SP2, 6-SP5) maximum range that the TOW 2B and Endeavor mission? 97 minutes. Convert this time from minutes to hours. Find the mean height of the rockets. APKWS Missiles can travel. Hours ______ Minutes ______ Seconds ______.
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