
#45 Pi in the Sky (grades 5-12)
Soft-bound, 80 page book, 37 reproducible task cards, full teaching notes. Scrap one-size-fits-all lessons! Choose from a variety of creative science and math labs and learning systems to appropriately challenge a wide range of skill levels. Discover how astronomers use pi to determine the size and distance of heavenly objects. Investigate radian angles, visual acuity and parallax. Build an ancient navigational instrument. This book is produced in partnership with NASA to inform students about the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (formerly called GLAST), launched in June 2008. Download a Preview here Download a Free Sample Lab here More Information – click any of the tabs below to learn more about this title Get Materials Click here for a complete list of materials and convenient shopping. FREQUENT USEruled notebook paperpencils with good eraserscalculators (scientific calculators are optional)* paper plates, generic, 9 inch diameterscissorsstring* masking tape* clear tapemeter