How Far is the Moon
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| Link to Resource: | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/workshops/phasesSeasons/HowFarMoon.pdf |
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| Resource Type: | Classroom Activities; Curricula and Instruction |
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| Language: | English |
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| Organization: | Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) |
| Summary: | Students gain a better perspective on the relationship between the size and distance of the Moon by creating a scale model. Students will predict and measure the size of the Moon relative to the Earth's diameter, and predict and measure the distance of the Moon relative to a scale model of the Earth and the Moon. |
| Earth Science Big Ideas: | Big Idea 1 |
| NGSS Discplinary Core Ideas: | ESS1.B |
| NGSS Performance Expectations: | 5-ESS1-2; HS-ESS1-4; MS-ESS1-1 |
| NGSS Science and Engineering Practices: | Analyzing and interpreting data; Developing and using models; Using mathematics and computational thinking |
| NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: | Patterns; Scale, proportion, and quantity |
| Subjects: | 6-8; 9-12; activities; astronomy; earth; education; elementary school; high school; k-12; k-3; k-4; k-5; k-5 geosource; k-6; k-8; k-9; middle school; model; moon; solar system; space; sun |
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