Moon Activities
Explore the Moon with these hands-on activities!
Earth has just one moon – a rocky, cratered place roughly a quarter the size of Earth.
The Moon has captured our imaginations for thousands of years, and is the only other
planetary body that humans have visited. Explore the phases of the moon, craters,
moon exploration, and more!
Activities
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- Investigate Craters: Explore how craters on the Moon were formed with a hands-on experiment. For older students, see about the physics of impact craters.
- Lunar Eclipse: Adapt this activity to lunar eclipses by changing the position of the Sun and Earth so that the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon.
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(Courtesy of NASA JPL): Make a moon calendar to predict what the moon will look like any day of the year. Go to the Astronomy Calendar to find the dates of upcoming full moons!
- Moon Sand: For younger learners, explore textures, shapes, and patterns with hands-on Moon fun.
- Moon Shadow Play: For younger learners, explore the phases of the Moon with hands-on play.
- Observe The Moon Journal: Discover the phases of the moon and draw your observations.
- Survival on the Moon: In this reflection activity, imagine being stranded on the moon. Decide which objects
would be the most useful for survival.
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This project was funded under NASA cooperative agreement NNX16AL65A and cooperative agreement number NNH15ZDA004C. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.