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Teachers Guide Exploring the Moon :
Teacher's Guide

The following units have been extracted from the "Exploring the Moon Teacher's Guide" for seperate downloading. These guides are in PDF format and require Acrobat Reader.
(for grades 4-12)

+ Unit 1: Pre-Apollo
+ Unit 2: Learning From Apollo
+ Unit 3: The Future
+ View Complete "Exploring The Moon Teacher's Guide"

Educator's Guide to Moon Phases (for grades 3 - 12)
Phases of the Moon is at the top of the list of things that students seriously misunderstand. Most teachers run into problems in trying to explain the Moon's phases to youngsters, and evidence suggests that many have a very difficult time with the concepts.
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A Private Universe Project (for grades K - 14)
What do your students think? What are their ideas, and how do they come up with them? Take part in the Private Universe Teachers' Lab to practice techniques of identifying student misconceptions and moving toward conceptual change.
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Moon Lithograph Moon Lithograph (for grades K-12) These lithograph images show the face of the Moon taken by Apollo 11 astronauts. Astronauts Edwin Aldrin, Pete Conrad and Harrison Schmitt are shown in other photographs on missions to the lunar surface. There's also a picture of an Apollo 15 moon rock.
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[K-2]     [3-5]     [6-8]     [9-14]
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+ Online books from NSSDC
+ History of Lunar Orbiter Program



Teacher Resources

  Quickly answer questions and find info

+ Moon Trivia
+ NSSDC Moon Fact sheet
+ Moon Worldbook
+ Moon Mars and Beyond