LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP March 7, 2012 NES: Math and Work— Lunar Surface Instrumentation Presented by: Jordan Snyder

Math and Work: Lunar Surface Instrumentation Hosted By Jordan Snyder Education Specialist NASA Explorer Schools Oklahoma State University NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Math and Work Overview

Target Audience Developed for high school teachers to use with students in advanced math and science courses including: Physics Calculus Chemistry Biology Statistics (coming soon)

Project Goals/Objectives Help prepare students for free-response questions on course exams. Provide teachers with supplemental material that is easy to use and that fits right into their curriculum. Give students experience working with real- world data. Promote STEM careers at NASA.

Expertise Education Experts: Current classroom teachers help with the development of each problem. Each problem is also tested with students and revised as needed before it is released. NASA Experts: Scientists, engineers, doctors, and other subject matter experts help design the problems and review the content.

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Lunar Instrumentation - Physics Students learn about Lunar Exploration and some of the physics that would be involved. Students will apply their knowledge of vectors to draw a vector diagram and to answer questions that apply to a lunar exploration mission.

Problem Background Background section provided with the problem. PowerPoint available on NES Virtual Campus.

Lunar Exploration Express relevance to your students

Why Explore the Moon? Six Reasons to explore the Moon: Human Civilization Scientific Knowledge Exploration Preparation Global Partnerships Economic Expansion Public Engagement

Human Civilization Extend human presence to the moon to enable eventual settlement.

Scientific Knowledge Pursue scientific activities that address fundamental questions about the history of Earth, the solar system and the universe - and about our place in them.

Exploration Preparation Test technologies, systems, flight operations and exploration techniques to reduce the risks and increase the productivity of future missions to Mars and beyond.

Global Partnerships Provide a challenging, shared and peaceful activity that unites nations in pursuit of common objectives.

Economic Expansion Expand Earth's economic sphere, and conduct lunar activities with benefits to life on the home planet.

Public Engagement Use a vibrant space exploration program to engage the public, encourage students and help develop the high-tech workforce that will be required to address the challenges of tomorrow.

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Lunar Instrumentation: Let’s Talk Physics on the Moon

Extrahabitat Activities (EHAs) Activities performed outside of Lunar habitats will be part of an astronaut’s duties when exploring the moon.

One such EHA may be to service lunar instruments in proximity of an outpost. Students are given the location of three different instruments and asked to determine the astronaut’s displacement and distance traveled during the EHA. Lunar Instrumentation - Physics

Navigating on the Moon

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Problem/Solution

Problem

Do you anticipate the students having difficulties when sketching the path? ✔ Yes ✖ No

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Sketch of Path Sketching the path of the astronaut will help students solve the rest of the problem. The starting point should be placed on the origin. Southwest North 30  North of East

Student Skills Used Through the rest of the problem students will find displacement and distance using: Trigonometric functions Vector addition Distance formula A full solution key is provided for the teachers to use as well as a scoring guide.

Components x y h x= hcos  y= hsin  where  is the measure of the angle with respect to the x-axis

Instrument Position Straight forward vector addition: Add successive legs of the trip as vector components. Student talk: “Add the x’s to one another and add the y’s to one another.”

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Wrap-Up

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