SpaceMath@NASA Enters the Classroom

April 24, 2012

We have all heard that mathematics is the language of science, but we rarely get to see how it is actually spoken. SpaceMath@NASA is a program for students and teachers that goes behind the scenes of NASA press releases to reveal the often simple mathematics that scientists and engineers use to make major discoveries or engineering breakthroughs.  Developed by SESDA’s Dr. Sten Odenwald and supported by NASA grants, the program has recently announced a partnership with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt Publishing – America's leading textbook publisher.  Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt is a national STEM textbook publisher that specializes in science and math textbooks for middle and high school students. The collaboration provides textbooks with real-world math examples drawn from many NASA science and engineering programs to highlight how math principles are applied to actual problem solving. The learning modules feature a video segment, press releases, and an interactive modeling. Some of its current exercises feature data and discoveries by the International Space Station, Mars Science Laboratory, Webb Space Telescope, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Opportunity Rover, and CERES.
 

Details of this collaboration can be found in the NASA press release

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