Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Informal Education
Subject
Earth Science, Engineering Design, Life Science, Space Science, Technology, Planet Earth, Geology, Health and Nutrition, Life Support, Living and Working in Space, Solar System and Planets, Earth's Moon
Type
Educator Guides, Lesson Plans / Activities
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite missions will prepare for humans’ return to the moon. The Field Trip to the Moon: LRO/LCROSS Edition includes the activities from the original Field Trip to the Moon guide plus activities relating to these two moon missions. The LRO/LCROSS activities allow participants to explore lunar stratigraphy (caused by lava flows), impact craters, the moon’s history, spacecraft design in which students build models of the LRO out of edible or non-edible materials, and the future of lunar exploration.
Field Trip to the Moon: LRO/LCROSS Edition Informal Educator Guide [11MB PDF file]
Note: LRO/LCROSS launched on June 18, 2009.
Related materials:
Field Trip to the Moon Companion Guide
Field Trip to the Moon Informal Educator Guide
Field Trip to the Moon Educator Guide