Astronomy Club To the Moon

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Astronomy ClubTo the Moon!
Presented by Mrs. Joan Bee, Mr. Don Bee and
Mrs. Tamara Schiller
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What the Moon is Likeby Franklyn M.
Branleyillustrated by True Kelley

• Dark and light parts of the Moon
• Craters and Seas of the Moon
• Mountains and hills
• 2 weeks of daylight, 250 degrees Fahrenheit
• 2 weeks of darkness, 290 degrees Fahrenheit below
  zero
• Surface is the same as a billion years ago

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Moon Features

• Highlands light areas, mountains
• How do you think mountains form on the moon?
• Marias dark areas, plains, basalt
• Why do you think marias were called seas?
• Regolith dust covering the lunar surface

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Regolith Formation Investigation
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Moon ABCs Facts

• The moon travels around Earth in an oval orbit at
  3,680 km per hour
• Revolves Earth 27.3 days
• 382,500 km from Earth to the Moon
• The Moon does not have an atmosphere,
  temperatures range from 184 C to 214 C (for
  Fahrenheit 30)
• A crater with a pond of ice was discovered on the
  dark side.

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Distance to the Moon Investigation
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Moon Phases

• New
• Waxing Crescent
• First Quarter
• Waxing Gibbous
• Full
• Waning Gibbous
• Third Quarter
• Waning Crescent

At new moon, the Moon is lined up between the
Earth and the Sun.
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The Changing Moon Activity
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The Moon Effects EarthTides

• Newtons Third Law
• Two tides on opposite sides
• Moon and Sun effect two high and two low tides
  per day

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Assignment

• The Moon Shines Bright
• Chart observations
• Graph observations
• Analyze data
• Luneometer

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Journaling

• If you could only share one piece of information
  about the moon, what would it be and why?
• How could you dramatize the Sun-Earth-Moon
  relationship?
• Compare the surface features of the Earth and
  Moon?