Unusual mathematics problems in space science and astronomy. http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/

This web page contains problem sets in PDF format. The goal of these problems is to teach students about astronomy and space science by using mathematics and real-world problems. New problems will be posted each Tuesday by Noon (EST) during the school year!

There is a web page that contains a complete collection of books and other Space Math products in PDF format, which are available to download. Also, these documents are full-color, and contain additional explanatory materials about the content and how the topics align with national mathematics and science standards identified by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the National Science Teachers Association. http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/books.html

These books include most of the weekly math problems assembled by year or by special topic area, in a format that may be more convenient for the teacher than the individual weekly problem downloads. All books contain problems for a mixture of grade levels from 4th through 8th and beyond.

Exploring Space Math (2003) - [5.7 Mby, 15 Problems]
Space Math I (2004) - [7.2 Mby, 20 Problems]
Space Math II (2005) - [13.8 Mby, 24 Problems]
Space Math III (2006) - [13.6 Mby, 36 Problems]
Understanding Radiation (2007)- Draft Version 1 - [21.9 Mby, 19 Problems]
Black Holes (2008) - [3.8 Mby, 11 Problems]
Hinode Solar Science I(2008) - [6.3 Mby, 15 problems]
Image Scaling (2008)- [18.7 Mby, 11 Problems]

Space Math I -- Grades 7-9

These activities comprise a series of 20 practical mathematics applications in space science. This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science problems distributed to teachers during 2004-2005 school year. The problems in this booklet investigate space weather phenomena and math applications such as solar flares, satellite orbit decay, magnetism, the Pythagorean Theorem, order of operations and probability. The problems are authentic glimpses of modern engineering issues that arise in designing satellites to work in space. Each word problem has background information providing insight into the basic phenomena of the sun-Earth system, specifically space weather. The one-page assignments are accompanied by one-page teacher guides with answer keys.

Note: This guide was formerly published as the Extra-Credit Problems in Space Science Educator Guide

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Sp...

Space Math II -- Grades 7-9

These activities comprise a series of 24 practical mathematics applications in space science. This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science problems distributed to teachers during 2005-2006 school year. The problems in this booklet investigate science and math concepts such as solar energy, stars, scientific notation, and distance, rate and time. The problems are authentic glimpses of modern engineering issues that arise in designing satellites to work in space. Each word problem has background information providing insight into the basic phenomena of the sun-Earth system, specifically space weather. The one-page assignments are accompanied by one-page teacher guides with answer keys.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Sp...

Space Math III -- Grades 9-12

These activities comprise a series of 36 practical mathematics applications in space science. This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science problems distributed to teachers during 2005-2006 school year. The problems in this booklet investigate science and mathematics concepts such as radiation effects on humans and technology, solar science, algebra, trigonometry and calculus. The problems are authentic glimpses of modern engineering issues that arise in designing satellites to work in space. Each word problem has background information providing insight into the basic phenomena of the sun-Earth system, specifically space weather. The one-page assignments are accompanied by one-page teacher guides with answer keys.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Sp...