Topic outline

  • Written by: Kimberly Tran, EIS Education Team Member, January 2016
    Topic:  Arithmetic with vectors, Dot and Cross product, Vector projections, Vectors and forces
    Grade Level: High School

    Pre-requisites: Completion of grade 11 functions and grade 12 advanced functions is highly recommended. 

    Educational Standards: This projects supports U.S. Common-Core Standards:Mathematical functions  (pages 67-71) 
    This project meets these Next Generation Science Standards 
    Note: Please list other standards in the news forum

    This course module is a summary of vectors and the various operations and applications utilizing those operations. The use of vectors in space is integral in explaining the orbiting of various space objects and may provide some insight to various microgravity experiments. 

    • General news and announcements
    • Before starting the lesson, attempt this pre-quiz to test your knowledge on the material that will be covered. 

  • In this activity: 

    Review the previous activities and make sure you understand all the concepts covered. 

    When you're ready, take the quiz. 

    Once completed, please take a look at the last journal entry and the feedback forum. 

    • Please review the previous lessons before moving forward with the quiz.