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Future Moon: The Footsteps of Explorers
1 Review(s)Learners model how impacts throughout the Moon's history have broken rocks down into a mixture of dust, rocks, and boulders that cover the lunar surface. 2060
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Recipe for a Moon
4 Review(s)Patrons use common food items to model the interiors of the Moon and Earth. 7892
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How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources. -
Tour the Moon or Mars with Google Earth
Patrons use Google Earth computer software to observe the geography of their own area. They then virtuallyvisit the same lattitude and longitude on the Moon and Mars! 0
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Hide and Seek Moon
Binoculars and a hidden object Moon poster let young participants discover how some tools can make distant objects appear closer and brighter. They also learn about how cultures around the world have viewed the Moon through books (and online pre-recorded cultural stories). 0
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Pocket Solar System
1 Review(s)Using a strip of paper, patrons construct a quick scale model of the distances between the objects of our solar system. 2007
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How-to Video Implementation Guide Provides extensive background information, facilitation outline, materials shopping list, extended supporting media suggestions, correlations to national standards, and more. -
How Far is the Moon
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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Earth's Bright Neighbor
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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Golf Ball Phases and Embroidery Hoop Eclipse
Using a golf ball under a blacklight, patrons explore the dynamics of lunar phases 0
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Infant Moon: Moon Mix!
Investigate the Moon’s infancy by modeling how different materials floated and sank in the early molten Moon. 0
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Spin! Day and Night
In this activity, patrons use their bodies to model how Earth's spin - rotation - creates the cycles of day and night 0
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Steady Partner, Steady Seasons
In this kinesthetic learning activity, patrons explore how Earth's tilt creates the seasons and model how Earth's axis would wobble if its tilt was not stabilized by Moon. 0
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