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- 1. Bring the Moon's Life Story to Children Ages 8-13! July 31, 2013 Presenters: Keliann LaConte, Andy Shaner, and Dr. Luke Dones Technical Support: Ramiro Padilla Q&A: Dr. Stephanie Shipp
- 2. Explore Program • Create and distribute hands-on activities that • Are FUN! • Are designed for out-of-school settings • Rely on inexpensive materials • Can be flexibly implemented • Highlight Earth and space science and engineering concepts through investigations, demos, crafts, and facilitated conversations • Provide training to children's and youth librarians and other community educators • Funded by NSF and NASA
- 6. FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF OUR MOON Dr. Luke Dones
- 10. Wham! Moon! Formation of Earth’s Moon
- 13. Note: Earth and Moon images are not to scale relative to each other.
- 17. Infant Moon: Moon Mix!
- 18. Crust (float): • Dried beans • Oil • Sponge pieces • Straw pieces Core (sink): • Aquarium gravel • Buttons • Pancake syrup • Sequins Mantle: • Water or corn syrup
- 19. Kid Moon: Splat!
- 20. Kid Moon: Splat! Balloon Size: 2.5 inches
- 21. Orientale Basin Splash Width: 44 inches Kid Moon: Splat!
- 22. Crater width (splash width) ÷ Impactor (balloon) size
- 23. Kid Moon: Splat! 44 inches Crater width (splash width) ÷ 2.5 inches Impactor (balloon) size = 17.6
- 24. Kid Moon: Splat! 44 inches Crater width (splash width) ÷ 2.5 inches Impactor (balloon) size = 17.6 • Most impacts are 10 to 20 times the size of the asteroid
- 25. Teen Moon: Moon Ooze SW Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium Volcanism after impacts – most before 3 (to 1) billion years ago
- 27. Crater Creations
- 29. Impact Paintings Throw each color for 20 seconds…
- 31. Impact Paintings (15 sec) Throw one color for 5 seconds…
- 32. Impact Paintings Throw the next color for 5 seconds…
- 33. Impact Paintings Throw the last color for 5 seconds…
- 36. Impact Paintings 1 minute 15 seconds
- 37. Impact Paintings More craters …older surface
- 39. Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer – LADEE Launches Sept. 6, 2013 from Wallops Island, VA Gather detailed information about: 1) the lunar atmosphere, 2) conditions near the surface and 3) environmental influences on lunar dust.
- 40. Explore: Marvel Moon • Background Information and Resources • Formation and Evolution of Our Moon • The Moon’s Life Story… as Told by Select Marvel Moon Children’s Activities! • The Moon’s “Birth”: Wham! Moon! • Today’s Moon: Recipe for a Moon • Infant Moon: Moon Mix! • Kid Moon: Splat! • Teen Moon: Moon Ooze • Moon’s Long History: Impact Paintings • Customizable Comic Book www.lpi.usra.edu/explore/marvelMoon
- 41. Other Activities • Moon in Action • Partner with an Astronomical Society! • An Earth-based Tour of the Moon hand-out (i.e., your Homework!) • My Take on the Moon • Children create a zine to add to the library’s collection
- 42. Celebrate the Launch of LADEE!! Sept. 6, 2013 (11:27 P.M. Eastern) from Wallops Island, VA • Throw a launch party! • Watch the launch events LIVE on NASA TV! • Get LADEE updates via Twitter; @NASALADEE • Invite your local amateur astronomy club • Host a Moon viewing vent • Have a late summer science bash • Invite a local lunar science or engineering expert to speak to your community • Invite your community to participate in the LADEE Meteor Counting campaign. Yes, there’s an App for that! http://meteorcounter.com/ Share your public event with NASA at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moon/ladeelaunch.cfm
- 44. International Observe the Moon Night http://observethemoonnight.org • October 12, 2013 • Engaging the lunar science and education communities, museums, schools, libraries, amateur astronomers, space enthusiasts, and the general public in an annual lunar observation campaign that shares the excitement of lunar science and exploration.
- 46. PROGRAMMING DISCUSSION --the interactive part!
- 47. Thank you! Keep in Touch! Explore Department of Education and Public Outreach Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058 explore@lpi.usra.edu www.lpi.usra.edu/explore Next webinar: Friday, August 16, 2013 Hands-on NASA Activities to Celebrate Our Personal, Cultural, and Scientific Connections to the Moon! 9 a.m. HAST / 12 p.m. PDT / 1 p.m. MDT / 2 p.m. CDT / 3 p.m. EDT
Editor's Notes
- Describe and show comic book
- Here is the Moon that we all know & love! POLL #1 – Did you look at the Moon over the past week (our homework)? Were you able to locate some of the features from the “Earth-based Tour of the Moon” page? Please use the chat box to share some of the features that you saw if you like. When you look at the Moon what do you see? Think about? One of the most basic questions that pops to many minds is – How did the Moon form? What do you think – how did the moon form? Now would be a good time to grab your Play-Doh if you have it & try to model this *Use the chat box to share your ideas & we will model them for everyone with our Play-Doh
- 1:10 Formation and Evolution of Our Moon (30 min) Mention activity that goes with content – Wham! Moon! Activity to follow Dr. Luke Dones – Senior Research Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute’s Dept. of Space Studies in Boulder, CO - B.S Physics from Harvard; PhD. Astronomy from UC-Berkeley - Luke is joined SWRI in 1999 and is also a member of the Cassini Spacecraft Imaging Team, which is currently studying Saturn - Research interested include: Planetary rings, the dynamics of comets and asteroids, & the impact history of the solar system
- Please take out your Pay-Doh – we will again be modeling the formation of the Moon Starting with the moonless Earth – There are pages that you can print for yourself about this Far back in time, the Earth did not have a Moon (4.5 GYA) – The Earth was young (recently formed itself) and a much different place – most if not all of the surface was molten, there were no mountains or oceans, & no living things Earth was not blue & green as we know it today, but red & glowing with rivers & seas of lava!
- There was also another – smaller planet orbiting the Sun in the same region of the SS as the Earth – and that smaller planet crossed the path of the Earth – colliding violently with it! (25,000 mph & collision took ~10 min.) The small planet plunged into the Earth in a glancing blow that sent pieces of itself & Earth into space – with the majority of the small planet merged with the Earth’s interior. The energy of impact melted the Earths outer layers, while disintegrating the small planet. The debris (material from the Earth’s outer layers & small planet) from this impact was the beginning of our Moon!
- Children will portray the Moon’s remarkable beginning thru a giant impact. Color images of the latest scientific data depicting the Moon’s formation to make own comic strips of our Moon’s “birth” Use different colors of Play-Doh to model the impact between Earth and a small planet 4.5 billion years ago “Debris” from both planets is rolled into a small ball to model how our Moon formed thru the process of accretion Invite the children to imagine the Moon’s beginnings – have them model with Play-Doh Read the story of the Moon’s formation to them & have the children work in teams to enact the story with their models Allow the children to depict their models in comic strip form via the comic page
- 1:50 Recipe for a Moon (15 min.) Show science content slide, comic book page that goes with this Children will discover that the Moon – like Earth – is made up of layers. They will create models of the Earth & Moon using common food items Invite the children to create edible models of the Moon & Earth – How do their sizes compare? Which is bigger? Can they name the layers of the Earth? What is the inside of the Earth like? - Examine the Earth edible model & explain Does the Moon have layers inside? Yes! Create the Moon edible – What do you notice? The Moon’s mantle is very thick compared to the small core
- Please go ahead & enjoy your edible Moon! Have the Children capture their models in the comic page!
- 2:05 (5 min.) (EH) So – How did the Moon the Moon get its layers? So far the kids have changed from Play-Doh pieces to an edible Moon with an iron (metallic) (red hot) core and “fluffy” powdered (sugar/cocoa) crust. Early Moon was hot – as it cooled the different minerals crystalized and settled out – forming different layers. This process is called differentiation. The dense minerals sank and the less dense materials rose toward the surface. So, the core is made of dense iron and the crust the less dense materials. Invite the children to test a variety of materials to determine which float & sink in different liquids *Show examples POLL # 2 & 3 Ask them to select a liquid & then 2 materials to create a Moon!Mix! Bottle – one of the materials should sink & the other should float. Discuss what their materials represent in this model – have them invert their bottles and describe the process How does their bottle compare to the differentiation of the Moon?
- Make sure to test well – some materials will float at first but sink if pressed down & released!
- Children Model ancient lunar impacts using water balloons!
- 2:18 Moon Ooze (5 min.) Show science content slide, comic book page that goes with this Children learn how the Moon’s volcanic period reshaped its earlier features.
- What do you notice about these two images? 2:25 Impact Paintings (10 min.) Describe how kids take roles of "impactor" and "lunar scientist" Show a 1 min & 15 sec painting Discuss the order, which color was thrown first, use paintings to determine which lunar image is the "older" surface *Important to do 1 minute painting first & then the 15 sec last. Children may have trouble confusing which is the older surface otherwise.
- What do you notice about these two images? Show a 30 second and 1 min painting Discuss the order, which color was thrown first, use paintings to determine which lunar image is the "older" surface POLL #4: Which Painting represents the older lunar surface?
- Show the zine
- 2:45 Interactive programming discussion (10 minutes) Flexible! Open Mic Time! Remind them to use the “Raise your Hand” button before opening their mic & to stay muted when not talking!