Educational Material : Grades 9-14
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.
+ Read More
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.
+ Read More
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.
+ View document (pdf)
Educator's Guide to Eclipses (for grades 3 - 12)
Eclipses have long been a source of mystery and spectacle. These events were viewed with fear and dread in the past and, even today, still thrill.
+ Read More
Phases of the Moon (for grades 6 - 14)
This exercise has students use a simple physical model of the Earth, sun, and moon to understand why the moon changes phases from the perspective of Earthly observers.
+ Read More
Lunar Prospector Teachers Guide (for grades 6-12)
The Moon is Earth's "backyard" neighbor. But how much do we really know about this celestial body? In January 1998, Lunar Prospector blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center, headed for the Moon.
+ Read More
ASTR1010 Lab Manual (for grades 13-14)
Here is the entire Spring 2005 laboratory manual used by the ASTR 1010 classes (Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department)
+ Read More
Two scale models of the Earth-Moon system (for grades 9-12)
Given the diameters of the Earth and the Moon and the distance between the two bodies, students can construct a scale model of the Earth-Moon system which will prove very useful in their classroom.
+ Read More
Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (for grades 7-14)
The Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon by Bowker and Hughes (NASA SP-206) is considered the definitive reference manual to the global photographic coverage of the Moon.
+ Read More
| 
