Intergalactic Travel

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 6 and 7 to apply motion formulas within complex, space-themed scenarios that require careful reasoning and organization. Through multi-segment trips, variable speeds, relative motion, scheduled holds, and timestamp analysis, learners strengthen algebraic setup, unit consistency, average speed reasoning, and elapsed-time calculation while connecting math to kinematics and space science.

Learning Goals

• Distance = Speed × Time (Gr. 6-7): Apply motion formulas to multi-leg journeys with changing velocities.
• Relative Motion & Chasing Problems: Determine meeting times and locations using relative speed reasoning.
• Average Speed & Weighted Rates: Compute overall average speed across segments that include coasting and delays.
• Time Intervals & Timestamps: Calculate elapsed time using departure/arrival times and planned orbital holds.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with middle school math and science standards.
• Structured Problem Progression: Builds from segmented travel to a comprehensive, synthesis challenge.
• Emphasis on Organization & Units: Reinforces clear listing of givens, consistent units, and accurate conversions.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for math or science lessons, small groups, enrichment, assessment prep, homework, or homeschool instruction.

This Intergalactic Travel worksheet helps students integrate motion formulas with real-world-style constraints like delays, holds, and changing speeds. By organizing data, setting up equations, and justifying solutions, learners build confidence with advanced rate problems, time calculations, and quantitative reasoning. Whether used in the classroom or a homeschool setting, this printable provides rigorous, no-prep practice that supports mastery of kinematics and applied mathematics.

This worksheet is part of our Speed, Distance, and Time collection.