Radiation Math Educator Guide

Four images from left to right. A bright yellow radiation symbol: a black circle in the center with three symmetrical black shapes radiating out from the circle. A satellite image of the Sun in orange. An image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, of the crab nebula, a supernva remnant, showing a white, glowing bubble with colorful gas and dust spidering across the bubble. A map view of North and South America, outlined in black against a blue background. A bubble of red, yellow, and green show a storm of some sort over South America.
Radiation Math Educator Guide
NASA HEAT
Levels
  • intermediate
  • advanced
NGSS
  • ps1
  • ps3
  • ess2
  • ess3
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
Big Ideas
  • big_ideas_3.2
  • big_ideas_1.3
  • big_ideas_2.3
Helio Topics
  • energy
CreditSpaceMath @NASA
Language
  • english

Educator guide containing 51 math-infused problems that incorporate NASA Data. In this guide, students explore the simple mathematics behind radiation measurements, radiation units, and the effects of space radiation on humans in space.

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Sep 8, 2023

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