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Kid Moon: Splat!

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Patrons model ancient lunar impacts by using water balloons.

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Add a Tech Twist Use the "slow motion" effect on a camera phone to view the water balloon impact in real time!
Hints for uses in your library This is a fun, but messy activity! If possible, tell the children ahead of time to wear an old shirt or apron, or you may wish to provide trash bags for them to wear. Have a towel handy for cleaning spills.
Related Links NASA Scientific Visualization Studio: Tour of the Moon 4k
A Peak Into the Moon's Interior
King Crater Lunar Flyover
Last Mission to the Moon
Apollo 11 in Real Time
How-to Video: Splat! (in Spanish)
Originating Source Lunar and Planetary Institute
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The astronaut who painted the moon : the true story of Alan Bean by Dean Robbins and Sean Rubin
The Moon's first friends : how the Moon met the astronauts from Apollo 11 by Susanna Leonard Hill and Elisa Paganelli

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Kid Moon: Splat!

Kid Moon: Splat!

Patrons model ancient lunar impacts by using water balloons.