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Learners use a polystyrene ball, sunlight, and the motions of their bodies to model the Moon's phases outdoors. 0
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Investigate the Moon’s infancy by modeling how different materials floated and sank in the early molten Moon. 0
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Patrons use the engineering design process to build rubber-band-powered rovers out of cardboard. 0
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Patrons learn about the relative size of the Moon compared to the Earth by using a basketball and tennis ball, and use this model to demonstrate how far the Moon is from the Earth 0
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Using a golf ball under a blacklight, patrons explore the dynamics of lunar phases 0
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Learners hear a story, song, or (silly or serious) poem that celebrates the Moon's different phases. 39865
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Participants explore the sizes and distances of the Earth, Moon, and the Sun by constructing a scale model using a variety of fruits 0
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Patrons model ancient lunar impacts by using water balloons. 0
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Family Take-home Activity
A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home.
Patrons follow simple instructions to create their own pop up book about space. Turn this into a "Take & Make" activity by providing printed instructions and the necessary materials (8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper, cutouts of a Space Station, shuttle, capsule, parachute, astronaut, and planets, and notebook paper). 0
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Patrons model the effects of wind, water, and impacts on a planetary surface using sand. They will compare the surface features they modeled with images of planetary surfaces to see if they can determine which process caused the features in the images. 0
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If you’ve ever seen a picture of a solar eclipse, you may have noticed that the Moon comes very close to covering the entire Sun. 1813
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This is an activity exploring the concept that distance affects how we perceive an object's size, specifically pertaining to the size of the Sun and the Moon as seen from Earth. 0
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