You can use the NASA CONNECT Robot Challenge Web Activity to meet the following National Standards:

NCTM Mathematics Standards (Expectations)

• Precisely describe, classify, and understand relationships among types of two- and three-dimensional objects using their defininng properties
• Recognize and apply geometric ideas and relationships in areas outside the mathematics classroom, such as art, science, and everyday life

NSTA Science Standards

Science and Technology

• Abilities of technological design

ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy

Design

• Invention is a process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems. Innovation is the process of modifying an existing product or system to improve it

Abilities for a Technological World

• Apply a design process to solve problems in and beyond the laboratory-classroom
• Specify criteria and constraints for the design
• Make two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations of the designed solution
• Use computers and calculators in various applications