Small Steps to Giant Leaps - American Camp Association
19
Small Steps to Giant Leaps ”Moonshot” Your Summer Program with NASA Activities PLEASE SIGN IN!
Transcript of Small Steps to Giant Leaps - American Camp Association
Small Steps to Giant Leaps”Moonshot” Your Summer Program with NASA Activities
PLEASE SIGN IN!
Activities about the Exploring the MoonRequired:
Enthusiasm
Be observant
Like to move
Wanna learn something
Off-the-shelf materials
As always: safety!
Activity 1: Moon Phases
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/moon-phases/
Lamp (Sun), smooth ball on stick (Moon), student (Earth)Moon’s orbit is not in same plane!What do you notice about side of Moon facing the Earth?What do you notice about which part of the Moon is lit?
Activity 2: Lunar Phases Calculator
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-moon-phases-calendar-and-calculator/
Commemorating BIG Apollo 11 Events
Launch: July 16, 1969; lunar landing: July 20; splashdown: July 24.https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th
October 1, 1957
July 16, 1969
4306 days
How did we get to the Moon?
JPL and Lunar Exploration
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
Earthrise – Apollo 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bivXt0hVufk&feature=youtu.behttps://www.nasa.gov/specials/moon2mars/
Lunar Flashlight
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/lunar_flashlight.php
Activity 3:Exploring Ultraviolet (UV) light from the Sun
https://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2007/materials/UVdetector.pdf
Activity 4: Scale Model of Earth, Moon
https://mars.nasa.gov/files/mep/Earth_Moon_Mars_Balloons_K-4_Lesson_8_2013.pdf
Teams of 3:
One balloon color for each body
Inflate blue earth first: 63 cm circumference
Predict circumference of Moon – inflate to size
Compare group results
One per group estimate distance from Earth to Moon
Rest of class see how big Moon looks from Earth
Activity 5: Straw Rockets
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/straw-rocket/
Activity: Stomp Rockets
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/stomp-rockets/
More involved: Video describes how to build launcher and rockets
Possible national rocket launch on July 17, 2019 for Guinness Book of World Records
July 16, 2019: Global Rocket Launch Challenge
https://www.rocketcenter.com/apollo50/GlobalRocketLaunch
Any type of rocket is welcome, and no launch is too small!
Make it a semester-long and/or summer experience!Sequence of activities for youth to learn:
• Moon phases
• Radiation from the Sun
• Scale models of Earth and Moon size and distance
• Rocket design
• …and moreINCLUDED IN YOUR HANDOUTS
CelebrationsAlready Starting!
Apollo 11 Launch: July 16, 1969; lunar landing: July 20; splashdown: July 24.
Other Apollo 50th anniversary launch dates7: Oct 11, 1968First Apollo mission to get to space8: Dec 21, 1968First crewed flight around the Moon9: Mar 3, 1969First lunar module separation; spacesuit test10: May 18, 1969Full “dress rehearsal”; 1st TV transmissionApollo 11: see belowFirst human to land and walk on the MoonCurrent movie out about the people12: Nov 14, 1969Recover pieces of SurveyorApollo 13: Apr 11, 1970Saved lives - see the movie!14-17: 1971 and 1972Lunar Exploration, including rover
Sample activity: July in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl: Staged in a one-of-a-kind Lunar Dome, “Apollo 11” features 40,000 square feet of a surround video projection to immerse the audience in some of the stories behind the 1969 Apollo 11 landing.
Sample activity: Apollo Makerspace camps weeks of July 15 and July 22
Don’t Miss Out!
Activities and resources to celebrate the anniversaryhttp://spacestem.nasa.gov
Your presenter today:
http://boostcafe.org/author/leslielowes/
