Engage Students in Geography, Weather, Statistics, Aeronautics and Problem Solving as they Fly the Virtual Skies with NASA

http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov

High school educators will enjoy the newly released ‘Virtual Skies’ created by the NASA Ames Educational Technology Team. ‘Virtual Skies’ is an integrated, standards-based science Web site, which uses air traffic management as its metaphor.

‘Virtual Skies’ offers a wealth of in-depth information and interactive problem-solving scenarios in the areas of: weather, aviation research, airport design, air traffic management, navigation, communication and aeronautics. Each section includes a ‘Career Radar’, which exposes students to related careers and offers interactive ‘affinity checks’ to evaluate a match between students and careers.

In the ‘Teacher’s Desk’ section of the Web site, educators will enjoy a wealth of lessons that incorporate biology, trigonometry, statistics and physics concepts.