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[At a school science fair,
four students are gathered around a computer keyboard and a video monitor.
The monitor displays the Smart Skies air traffic control simulator. The
students are Brian, Link, Ellie, and Renee. Brian controls the
mouse.] RENEE [A close-up of the monitor shows two planes on their jet routes. Each plane is represented by a different-colored diamond inside a matching-colored circle. The Southwest plane is closing on the Delta plane near Tonopah. The clock time, 18 seconds, is shown. The target time is also shown: 3 minutes and 54 seconds to complete the problem.] ELLIE [Another student, Tommy, walks up to the group. Tommy is wearing ear buds and listening to a music player.] TOMMY [A close-up of the monitor shows the Smart Skies logo and the “LineUp With Math Simulator” title. Two planes, Delta and Southwest, are about to collide. The mouse pointer appears as Brian changes the Delta plane speed from 600 knots to 360 knots.] ELLIE RENEE [Brian’s hand is shown on the mouse. He looks at the monitor from plane to plane. Tommy looks on curiously. He takes the ear buds out of his ears and looks at the other kids.] BRIAN NARRATOR [The monitor shows the four planes, but they are no longer represented by diamonds. Instead, each plane has been replaced by a student. The overhead view shows Tommy, Ellie, Renee and Link flying upright, each surrounded by a colored hoop of light and traveling on the white flight paths. The background is a satellite map of the area near Modesto, California. ] NARRATOR [A close-up is shown of Tommy flying with the sky as the background. Tommy is the green-rimmed Delta plane. He looks back at Ellie, who is the yellow-rimmed Southwest Airlines plane, flying behind him and closing on him.] NARRATOR [A close-up is shown of Tommy, at the computer. He looks between himself on the monitor and Brian, who controls the mouse.] NARRATOR [A close-up is shown of Link flying with sky as the background. Renee is flying across from him, and converging on him.] RENEE [Brian is shown at the computer, then a close-up of the monitor is shown. Just before it becomes too late for a route change, Brian uses the mouse to change the route for the American Airlines plane. The Southwest plane is shown closing in on the Delta plane.] BRIAN ELLIE BRIAN [A close-up is shown of Tommy flying with the sky as background. Ellie is flying close behind him and getting even closer. Their lighted circles begin to blink; Ellie looks alarmed.] NARRATOR TOMMY ELLIE [A close-up of the monitor is shown: The Delta plane and the Southwest plane are now slightly less than two nautical miles apart. Their circles blink.] ELLIE [The cursor comes in on the screen as Brian reduces the Southwest plane speed to 300 knots. Then Tommy and Ellie are shown flying. Ellie flies all the way up to Tommy and their circles bump. Ellie stops just in time. Tommy looks relieved and looks up at Brian.] NARRATOR [Brian looks from one side of the computer monitor to another. A close-up of the monitor shows the clock approaching the target time; the planes are beginning to line up and fly through Modesto. An overhead view of the students flying shows them beginning to pass through Modesto. Back on the computer monitor, the last plane arrives at Modesto and the clock stops at 3 minutes and 58 seconds. The target time is 3 minutes and 54 seconds. The students are shown standing around the monitor.] BRIAN RENEE ELLIE [Tommy turns off his music player.] TOMMY [The science fair is shown in the background and the Smart Skies logo and web address appear.] NARRATOR
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