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Making Regolith Activity
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Audience: Educators & StudentsGrades: 3-5
This lesson will help your students answer the question:
How does the bombardment of micrometeoroids make regolith on the moon?
In this lesson, students will
-- Investigate the effects of micrometeoroid bombardment on regolith formation.
-- Develop a conclusion by making inferences about properties of regolith based upon observations.
Making Regolith Activity
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The Making Regolith Activity is the lesson that accompanies What Would You Find on the Moon's Surface?, one of the topics in the 21st Century Explorer series. Each exploration topic in NASA's Kids Science News Network™ 21st Century Explorer series has a 30-second newsbreak videoclip, online Web explanation (background information), hands-on activity guide based on national education standards, online glossary and quiz.
All components of What Would You Find on the Moon's Surface? are available on the 21st Century Explorer topic page →.
Also in this series:
Those Who Have Come Before Me Activity
Food For Spaceflight Activity
Get a Leg Up Activity
Speed It Up Activity
Designing a Crew Exploration Vehicle Activity
What's Hidden Inside Activity
Moon Mining Activity
Let's Investigate Mars Activity
Cleaning Water Activity
Ray Shielding Activity
Cool Suits Activity
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