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Earth's Moon
Moon Mysteries
Internet
Moon Puzzle This is an Internet on line puzzle inviting you to manipulate segments of the moon into a whole.
Lunar Picnic This an Internet on line activity inviting you to choose a location on the moon for a picnic and then write about why you chose that location.
Names and Places on the Moon This is an Internet on line activity identifying selected lunar features by name and showing the position where people first landed on the moon.
Arts and Crafts
Moon Phases This craft activity provides 5 to 7 images of the moon on a variety of dates. You will print, cut out, tape and overlap the images to study various phases of the moon.
Moon Mosaic This craft activity provides 18 images of the moon taken on September 21, 1996. You may print, cut out, overlap and tape together these images (with a few parts missing) to form a poster size image of the waxing gibbous moon. You can open a single web page which displays all 18 images in full size to make printing the full set easier. A more compact version of the same set is also available.
Terminator This craft activity provides 8 sets of images to print, cut out, tape and overlap. The resulting mosaic shows the day/night edge of the moon on July 16, 1998, when the moon was near third quarter phase.
Image Processing
Moon Measures For this activity you need Hands-On Universe (HOU) image processing software on your computer. You will open moon images. You will vary the contrast of the images and perhaps change color palettes. You will use a slice tool to measure craters. Using ratios and a calculator in hand or on the computer, you will determine distances across moon craters.
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Hands-On Universe is funded by the National Science Foundation.
This page by Vivian Hoette, Education Specialist, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60605. Beta Version 1-04-98. vhoette@hou.lbl.gov
