You can use the NASA CONNECT Theorems Web Activity to meet the following Mathematics (NCTM) Standards:
Expectations
- Recognize reasoning and proof as fundamental aspects of mathematics.
- Make and investigate mathematical conjectures.
- Develop and evaluate mathematical arguments and proofs.
- Create and critique inductive and deductive arguments concerning geometric ideas and relationships, such as congruence, similarity, and the Pythagorean relationship.
- Understand relationships among angles, side lengths, perimeters, areas, and volumes of similar objects.
- Select and apply techniques and tools to accurately find length, area, volume, and angle
measures to appropriate levels of precision.
- Describe sizes, positions, and orientations of shapes under informal transformations such as flips, turns, slides, and scaling.
- Draw geometric objects with specified properties such as side lengths or angle measures.
- Use visual tools such as networks to represent and solve problems.
- Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.
- Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems.
- Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving.
- 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.
ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy
Abilities for a Technological World
- Use computers and calculators in various applications
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