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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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Roving on the Moon
Patrons use the engineering design process to build rubber-band-powered rovers out of cardboard. 0
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Big Sun, Small Moon?
1 Review(s)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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Build a Moon Habitat
1 Review(s)Astronauts on the Moon must have homes that protect them like no home on Earth would ever need to do. Teams of participants roll sheets of newspaper to create "logs," which are stapled together to frame a "habitat" and "airlock." The structure is covered with a bedsheet and decorated with the NASA logo. 2050
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Rocket Car Distance Challenge
2 Review(s)Using new and recycled materials, patrons construct rocket cars that use a balloon and straw “rocket” to move. Students will “race” the cars to see which can go the farthest before revising their design and “racing” again. 3060
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Eclipse Chalk Art
1 Review(s)Use a circular template and chalk to create your very own eclipse art! 1818
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Touchdown
1 Review(s)In this engineering design challenge, students will use what they know and can investigate about gravity, motion, and forces to design and build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two "astronauts" when they land. 2509
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Moon, Mars, and Beyond
This collection features activities relevant to the exhibit and project, From Our Town to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond. These activities center around solar system exploration and concepts related to NASA’s Artemis mission. 0
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What Do You See in Today’s Moon?
1 Review(s)Learners read or listen to a cultural story describing a shape identified in the Moon's surface features. 1851
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Low-Tech Water Filter for High-Impact Clean
Participants consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park — a pond, brook, water playground (or “sprayground”), or pool, — and what happens to thewater over time. 0
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Moon Mythbusters
2 Review(s)This is an activity about the Moon's influence on Earth. 4358
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Penny Moon
1 Review(s)This is an activity about the rotation of the Moon. Learners use a penny and a quarter to model that the Moon does indeed spin on its axis as it orbits the Earth. 2283
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