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

NCTM Mathematics Standards (Expectations)

• Precisely describe, classify, and understand relationships among types of two- and three-dimensional objects using their defined properties
• Describe sizes, positions, and orientations of shapes under informal transformations such as flips, turns, slides and scaling
• Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
• Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histrograms, box plots, and scatterplots
• Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box plots, and scatterplots
• Make conjectures about possible relationships between two characteristics of a sample on the basis of scatterplots of the data and approximate lines of fit
• Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement
• Develop, analyze, and explain methods for solving problems involving proportions, such as scaling and finding equivalent ratios
• Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena
• Recognize and apply geometric ideas and relationships in areas outside the mathematics classroom, such as art, science and everyday life
• Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
• Understand patterns, relations, and functions
• Communicate their 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

Earth and Space Science

• Earth in the solar system

ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy

Abilities for a Technological World

• Use computers and calculators in various applications