Study this image for a minute or two. Then comment on what your "math brain" notices, wonders, or wants to know more about. You may also add a comment or question that comes from the mind of your inner geographer. Thanks!
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JS9
10/11/2019 12:20:01 pm
I noticed that you are going to be arriving at your airport before midnight! What day were you flying and where were you going?
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:09:39 pm
Yes, the flight was due in just after 1pm, I think. The different times on the flight tracker were confusing to me, but since everything was in the same time zone, it might have just been numbers about the time I was in the air. I was flying fromOrlando to Boston, to answer your question! I think this was a Monday -- one of the ones we had off from school in late September / early October?
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EC7
10/11/2019 12:26:29 pm
I noticed you are going to go 497 mph
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:10:31 pm
Yes - that number was very surprising to me! I cannot believe how fast jets go, really.
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E.L
10/11/2019 12:26:51 pm
The plane is in the Southeast regin
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:11:58 pm
Yes, the Southeast has so much lovely shoreline and also some mountains. There was a lot to see from this view, but I didn't have a window seat so I had to just imagine based on what the map showed.
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AH2
10/11/2019 12:26:57 pm
I noticed that you are one min away from arrival
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:13:09 pm
Well, I was actually about an hour and a half from arrival in Boston. I think I see what number you looked at to make that prediction, however.
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DK5
10/11/2019 12:27:30 pm
i noticed you were in a plane. where were you going?
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:14:08 pm
Yes, I was in the middle of a flight back home to Boston. We had just finished a visit with my dad in FL.
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jane
10/11/2019 12:27:42 pm
I noticed the carolinas
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:17:02 pm
Yes, I was high, high above those states -- I think I had passed over SC and was in the middle of the highlands of NC. Maybe I was above the Piedmont. Do you remember what that is?
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SN18
10/11/2019 12:28:23 pm
I noticed that you were flying over/near North Carolina!
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:17:49 pm
I was there, and was in the middle of the highlands of NC. Maybe I was above the Piedmont. Do you remember what that is?
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MZ14
10/11/2019 12:28:44 pm
you are going at 497 MPH.Where are you going
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:18:50 pm
Can you believe they let jets travel that fast?? We were on the way back to Boston.
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BM3
10/11/2019 12:28:53 pm
I noticed you where going 497 MPH. I wonder where you where going and why
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:20:00 pm
Though we were traveling so fast, it was a smooth ride. We were on the way back to Boston from visiting my dad in FL.
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ks13
10/11/2019 12:29:01 pm
I noticed that the estimated arrival time is 1:28.
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:21:42 pm
Yes, you noticed that top data point. I forget if that was the amount of time before landing (one hour and twenty-eight minutes), or if we were due to land at 1:28pm.
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VS20
10/11/2019 12:29:01 pm
i noticed that the plane was near charlotte
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:23:37 pm
On the map, it looks like we are "near" Charlotte, but it was actually pretty far gone by the time I took that picture. For sure, the distance to Charlotte was a lot less than the distance to Boston, which was our destination.
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RD17
10/11/2019 12:29:14 pm
i noticed that the time you will reach is 1:28! Where were you going? Was it over the summer vacation?
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:25:41 pm
Yes, you noticed that top data point. I forget if that was the amount of time before landing (one hour and twenty-eight minutes), or if we were due to land at 1:28pm. This trip was one in late September to visit my dad in Florida. I don't know if I would travel to Florida in summer - might be too hot!
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ABS1
10/11/2019 12:30:17 pm
I wish i could go to new jersey on air plane
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:26:46 pm
New Jersey has at least one airport; I think in the city of Newark. We were just flying over NJ, on the way back to Boston.
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VS19
10/11/2019 12:30:40 pm
I think you made it before midnight
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:30:02 pm
Yes, the flight was due in just after 1pm, I think. The different times on the flight tracker were confusing to me, but since everything was in the same time zone, it might have just been numbers about the time I was in the air. We had about 90 minutes left to fly, and we were due to land in the early afternoon.
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JB10
10/11/2019 12:31:08 pm
the altitude you are flying is above the height of Mt. Everest
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:27:46 pm
Amazing, right?? How much higher was our flight than Mt. Everest?
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Olivia
3/16/2020 02:04:59 pm
I think you are going to New Jersey because your plane is pointed in that direction.
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Mr. S.
3/18/2020 07:06:46 pm
Your observation that the plane was headed toward NJ might have caused you to predict it was my destination, but it wasn't. I was headed back home to Logan International Airport, but the map was zoomed in on the region I was flying over, so it didn't show the whole trip -- not the start or finish! Thanks for your comment, Olivia. I forgot we looked at this for math back in October.
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