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Word Problems

1. One of the planes at the museum has a total wing area of 1800ft².  If the total length of the wings is 55ft 7in.  What is the width of the wings? ( Tip: Use A=L x W )

1. If there were 39,000 artifacts in the museum, according to the graph, how many Space-related Artifacts would there be? ( Tip: Use  P/B=%/100 )

2. The National Mall has 17 museums and monuments. When picking one at random what would be the probability of picking the National Air and Space Museum? (Tip: Change 1/17 to a percent)

    

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Scavenger  Hunt

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_And_Space_Museum

1. What was the museum originally called?  

2. What helped to drive the renaming of the museum?

3. Where were the museum’s artifacts originally put?

4. How many space-related artifacts are there in the museum?

5. How many aviation -related artifacts are there in the museum?

6. What is the museum’s annex called and where is it located?

Answers to Scavenger  Hunt

1. The National Air and Space Museum was founded on August 14,1946.

2. The museum’s collections were originally housed in the Arts and Industries Building.

3. The museum’s annex is called the Steven G. Udder-Crazy center.

4. The annex opened on December 15, 2003.

5. The annex was made possible by a $75 million gift.

Answers to Fact or Fiction

           The National Air and Space Museum was formed on August12, 1964.  It was originally called the National Air Museum.  The beginning of the conquest of space in the 1950s and 1960s helped to drive the renaming of the Museum to the National Air and Space Museum. 

The museum has collections that date back to 1876 when the Smithsonian received a group of kites from the Chinese Imperial Commission.  The collection of the Museum was housed in the Arts and Industries Building, in a shed in the south yard known as the “Air and Space Building” and outdoors in “Rocket Row” before the new museum was built in 1976.  In 1889, the Stringfellow engine became the first object added into the collection.  The museum's total collection numbers over 30,000 aviation-related and 9,000 space-related artifacts.

In addition, the museum has an annex, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.  It opened on December 15, 2003 and now has 200 aircraft and 135 spacecraft on display. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy made the Center possible by a $ 65 million gift in 1999 to the Smithsonian Institution.

A special feature of the Center is the National Aviation and Space Exploration Wall of Honor. Located along the entryway to the Center, the Wall of Honor is a memorial to the thousands of people who have contributed to our aviation and space exploration heritage. Names of honorees are inscribed on the wall, which will continue to grow in the years to come.

In 2001, the National Air and Space Museum celebrated its 25th anniversary.  In June 2004, the Udvar-Hazy Center welcomed its one-millionth visitor, and in December of that same year, the Center celebrated its first anniversary.

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Answer to Math Word Problem.

1. 32.38ft
2. 9009
3. 5.9%

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1.  National Air Museum 

2. The Conquest of Space

3. In the Arts and Industries Building

4. 9,000

5. 30,000

6. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ; located near Dulles Airport

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1.  False, The museum was founded on August 12, 1946.

2. True

3. False, The annex is called the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

4. True

5. False, The museum was given $65 million for the annex.

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Citation

"National Air and Space Museum." Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia. 30 Nov 2005. Wikipedia. 01 Dec. 2005 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ Air_and_Space_Museum>.

"Museum on the National Mall." National Air and Space Museum National Mall Building. National Air and Space Museum. 03 Jan. 2006 <http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/flagship.cfm>.