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Kid Moon: Splat!
Lunar and Planetary InstituteAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners model ancient lunar impacts using water balloons. By measuring the diameter of the crater area, learners discover that the Moon's largest impact basins were created...
Angles and Area
NASAAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (page 10 of PDF), learners approximate the area of the uppermost cross section of an impact crater using a variety of square grids. They conclude which angle of impact results in...
Future Moon: The Footsteps of Explorers
Lunar and Planetary InstituteAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners drop impactors onto layers of graham crackers! The process models how impacts throughout the Moon's history have broken rocks down into a mixture of dust, rocks, and...
Gravity Launch
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this online game, learners attempt to send a rocket ship to various targets. Learners can adjust the angle and thrust of the rocket before it is launched. The game simulates the pull of gravity...
Magnification vs. Resolution: Can you see the flag on the Moon?
Astronomical Society of the PacificAdd to list DetailsThis fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore the difference between telescope magnification and resolution. They will learn that observing instruments, whether telescopes...
From the Internet to Outer Space
National Museum of American HistoryAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners will use Google Sky to observe features of the night sky and share their observations. Learners partake in a "Telescope Treasure Hunt" as they look for...
Sky Time: Kinesthetic Astronomy
NASAAdd to list DetailsThrough a series of simple body movements, learners gain insight into the relationship between time and astronomical motions of Earth (rotation about its axis, and orbit around the Sun), and also...
Balloon Impacts
Lunar and Planetary InstituteAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners measure the diameter of their water balloons, model an impact, measure the diameter of the “crater” area, and determine the ratio of impactor to crater. This activity is...
Landing the Rover
NASAAdd to list DetailsIn this team design challenge (page 19-24 of PDF), learners "land" a model Lunar Rover in a model Landing Pod (both previously built in activities #3 and #4 in PDF). Learners drop the...
Size it Up
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAdd to list DetailsLearners investigate why the Sun and Moon appear the same size in the sky even though the Sun is over 400 times larger in diameter. Learners use discs of different sizes and view them from at least...