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Space Math at NASA

Whether you're an educator or simply enjoy mathematical challenges, explore our collection of space science problems sorted by mathematical complexity, from basic counting and fractions through calculus.

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Math Educator Guides

Comprehensive Educator Guides containing hundreds of math problems spanning the full range of astronomical objects. From our solar system neighborhood, including our Sun, asteroids, and planets, to distant stars, galaxies and black holes.
Space Math @ NASA Database
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In this resource, you'll discover a database of over 700 mathematics problems connected to astronomical concepts for students of all…
Transit Math Educator Guide
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(Grades K-12) In this guide, learners explore the mathematics behind eclipses, transits and occultations and examine NASA Kepler data.
Radiation Math Educator Guide
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(Grades 6-12+) This educator guide contains 51 math-infused problems that incorporate NASA Data.

FRAMEWORK FOR HELIOPHYSICS EDUCATION

Heliophysics Resource Database

Have you ever wondered how math is used by NASA scientists to make their discoveries? This resource plans to offer over 1000 math problems that reveal the many ways math and science work together to help us understand the universe. Use the guiding questions above to explore resources at each level or go directly to our database to search for resources by level, NGSS performance expectation, topic, and mission.

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A blue image of the the Sun's atmosphere. In the middle is a dark blue circle, surrounding it are faint white streams of light. A large burst of light shoots out from the center in a circle into all directions.
The NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured this video of a coronal mass ejection on March 13, 2023.
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