NASA CONNECT
GPS Challenge Web Activity: Standards

You can use the NASA CONNECT Exercise Challenge Web Activity to meet the following National Standards:

NCTM Mathematics Standards (Expectations)

Expectations

  • Precisely describe, classify, and understand relationships among types of two- and three-dimensional objects using their defining properties.
  • Recognize and apply geometric ideas and relationships in areas outside the mathematics classroom, such as art, science, and everyday life.
  • Create and critique inductive and deductive arguments concerning geometric ideas and relationships, such as congruence, similarity, and the Pythagorean relationship.
  • Make and investigate mathematical conjectures.
  • Organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication.
  • Communicate mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others.
  • Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others.

NSTA Science Standards

Science as Inquiry

  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy

Abilities for a Technological World

  • Use computers and calculators in various applications

Designed by Randall Caton during August 2003.      You can reach me at rcaton@pcs.cnu.edu.