Additional Resources

• Moon Viewing
• Earth-Moon Resources
• Moon Phase Resources
• Spectroscopy Resources
• Misconceptions about the Moon
• Article If We Had No Moon
• Impact Cratering Lab Activity
• Mission Moon Activity
• Photos
• Christine Hunt’s Notes
  • Session 1
  • Session 2
  • Session 3
  • Session 4
• Summer Opportunities

Monday: Studying the Moon

Continental breakfast, introductions and pre-assessment
Engagement and open-ended assessment activities

• Pre-Assessment Techniques
• Pre-Assessment Strategies
• How Far is the Moon

Impact craters

• Impact Craters
• Water Balloon Impacts
  

Lunar Landforms activity
Seeing the Moon Inquiry activities

Lunch

Seeing the Moon inquiry activities continued
Closing discussion on inquiry

(optional fieldtrip) Visit Laser Ranging Facility
Powerpoint with Directions to facility

Tuesday: Lunar Geology

Continental breakfast, sharing hypotheses on lunar geology
Discussion about the nature of inquiry, applying to activities

• What Is Inquiry in Science?
• What Teacher Educators Need to Know about Inquiry
• ABC Classrooms

Dr. Jim Green presentation on Moon’s formation and geologic history

Lunar Disk Certification  (process for borrowing)

Lunch

Planetary Differentiation activity
Geologic Mapping of the Moon activity
What Is It That You See activity

Moon Basics: Rotation, Revolution, Orbital Characteristics

• Facing the Moon
• Penny Moon and Quarter Earth

Closing discussion on day, reflection, notes

(Optional fieldtrip) Clean room/space simulation environment lab tour (1 hour)

Wednesday: Lunar Poles and Water

Questions/ points that need to be discussed
revisited Moon Basics: Rotation, Revolution, Orbital Characteristics
Discuss student challenges/ motivations/ learning styles

• Overview of Learning Styles

Dr. Ben Bussey presentation about lunar poles

Ice in the Shadows activity

Lunch

How Radar Can See activity

Lunar Phases activities

• Oreo Moon Phases activity
• Moon Phase Chart activity
• Golf Ball Moon Phases
• Paper Plate Moon Phases activity
• Moon Phases Educational Research
• Phases and Eclipses

closing discussion on learning styles and student motivation

(Optional fieldtrip) ARENA tour (1 hour)

Thursday: Lunar Exploration

Questions/ points that need to be discussed
Discuss types of data

Searching the Darkness activity

Investigating the Moon data activity begins (Steps 1–2)

Short Lunch (unless we eat on the way to the Catapult tour)

(Optional fieldtrip) Catapult tour

Investigating the Moon data activity continues (Steps 3-5)

Discuss activity applications, integrating into curriculum

Finish up

Friday: Finish up Collaborative Activities

Continue Investigating the Moon activity
Share out: research ideas from Investigating the Moon

Moon Basics: Eclipses

Examples of different types/styles of evaluation:

• Assessment Primer
• Types of Assessment

Lunch

Planning a Mission to the Lunar South Pole

Discussion on use/integrating workshop materials in curriculum
Content and perceptions evaluations