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What would you find on the Moon’s surface?

Books

Simon, Seymour: The Moon, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0689835639

Long, Kim: The Moon Book: Fascinating Facts About the Magnificent, Mysterious Moon, Johnson Books, 1998. ISBN: 0309075718

Branley, Franklin M.: What The Moon Is Like, HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 0064451852

 

Web Sites

NASA's Solar System Exploration: Earth's Moon-Our Favorite Satellite
Explore the moon with a "kids eye view" from NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=
Moon&Display=Kids

NASAâ€'s Space Place: What Do We Know About Our Moon?
Dr. Marc answers questions about our moon. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/phonedrmarc/2002_august.shtml

NASA's Space Place: Try Some Moon Cookies
This web page has a delicious recipe for no bake moon cookies. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/moon_cookies.shtml

NASA's Solar System Exploration: Moons of the Solar System Explore all other known moons of our solar system. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=181

Human Spaceflight: The Apollo Program
Check out an interactive view of the giant Saturn V rocket which took Apollo astronauts to the moon. http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/history/apollo/
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National Science Education Standards (NSES)

Content Standard A: Science as Inquiry

  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (K–8)
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry (K–8)

Content Standard D: Earth Science

  • Properties of Earth materials (K–4)

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  • Standard 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past

International Technology Education Association (ITEA)

Technology and Society

  • The role of society in the development and use of technology.
  • The influence of technology on history.