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FlightAware
Provided by: FlightAware |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This interactive map shows all airborne aircraft around the world.
- Students can browse this data by airport, operator, or aircraft type.
Subjects: Geography
Authors: FlightAware
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Global, New Jersey
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This interactive map shows the scale of global aviation.
Prerequisites
- Students can zoom in and click on individual airports to see arrivals and departures.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Math students could analyze this data. Example questions you can use with your students include:
- What percentage of global flights are in a Boeing 737?
- What percentage of global flights are JetBlue and United?
- Students can explore another interactive map called Airport Tracker, which shows carbon emissions from the 1,300 largest airports around the world.
- Students can explore the true cost of aviation by reading this information page from the Stay Grounded Network.
- Students can explore the negative effects of aviation noise pollution in this scientific article.
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