Students use a Terra satellite image of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico to calculate its area, mass and thickness. Problem 339: Terra Satellite Spies the Great Gulf Oil Catastrophe of 2010 Students compare the carbon dioxide generated by the 2010 Icelandic volcano and the Gulf Oil Spill to see the relative contributions to the atmosphere of a natural and man-made catastrophe.

Problem 341: Recent Events: A Perspective on Carbon Dioxide Students use still images from a video of the oil emitted by the leaking British Petrolium oil well in the Gulf of Mexico toĮstimate the rate of oil leakage in gallons per day. Problem 342: The Rate of Oil Leakage in the Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 The track of an asteroid in a Hubble image of a cluster of galaxies is analyzed to determine speed of the asteroid. Problem 344: Hubble Spies an Asteroid - Yes it does move! Students count hydrogen, carbon and oxygen atoms in a molecule of adefovir dipivoxil and calculate its mass and formula.Ī starfield image taken by the 2MASS survey is analyzed to estimate how many stars are in the sky. Students work with a photograph to determine its scale and the time taken by light and matter to reach a specified distance from the pulsar. Problem 398: The Crab Nebula - Exploring a pulsar up close! Students work with an image of a distant cluster of galaxies to determine its scale compared to nearby galaxies. Problem 399: A Galactic City in the Far Reaches of the Universe Students use a table of the most distant known events and objects in the universe to create a timeline of the universe Problem 400: The Most Distant Objects in the Universe Students explore scaling by creating an enlarged geometric model of the ISIM to betterĪppreciate the small changes due to expansion and contraction Problem 407: Cryo-testing the Webb Space Telecope ISIM Students determine how often the two stars Kepler 16 A and B will line up with Tatooine on Problem 444: Predicting the Transits of the Stars Kepler-16A and 16B from Tatooine - II

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Students estimate the area of the Arctic ozone hole, and work with the concept of parts-per-million to estimate total ozone volume lost. Problem 446: Arctic Ozone Hole Continues to Grow in 2011 Students learn about how simple fractions are used to describe gears and gear trains that reduce or increase speed. Problem 493: Fun with Gears and Fractions Students work with proportions to convert solar system distances into Astronomical Units for the 8 planets. Students learn about the light travel times to the 8 planets by converting the distances in Astronomical Units to travel times at the speed of light. Problem 539:Visiting the Planets at the Speed of Light

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Students study the composition of planetary atmospheres and compare the amounts of certain compounds in them Problem 544:The Composition of Planetary Atmospheres Students convert from percentage units to parts per million and compare trace gases in the atmospheres of various planets. Problem 545:Measuring Atmospheric Trace Gases Using Parts Per Million Students estimate their weight on different planets, moons and asteroids. Problem 555:Exploring Your Weight Across the Solar System Students use an image from IRIS to examine the sizes and equivalent energy of bright regions in the solar transition region. Problem 556:IRIS Explores the Solar Transition Region Students use tabular data on the detection of new comets since 1999 to explore detection rates over time. Students examine how often newly discovered comets approach Earth and become a hazard, and how soon after discovery these close passes can occur. Problem 587: Comet Encounters after Discovery Properties of Numbers, Fractions, Percentage, Scientific Notation, Unit Conversions Properties of Numbers, Fractions, Decimals, Percentage, Scientific Notation, Unit Conversion | Quick Navigation - click on the links below to jump to related math problems in this archive.

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