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Exploring Space Through Math: Precalculus Series

Exploring Space Through Math: Precalculus Series

This site provides several activities involving space exploration that fit into the Precalculus Curriculum. The mathematics that is used includes using trigonometry to manipulate a robotic arm in space, modeling projectile motion, using spherical coordinates to track the ISS, investigating the elliptical orbits of rondevous to the ISS, and several other applications to NASA activities. Students are asked to read about...

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Keywords:: nasa, trigonometry, spherical, parametric, ellipse, ISS, vector, parabola, lunar

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics / Pre-Calculus Mathematics / Algebra

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: April 9, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 20, 2018
Author:: NASA
Submitter:: Larry Green

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Yes
Accessibility Information Available:: Unknown
Creative Commons:: No

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