Wham! Moon!

Learners color images of the latest scientific data depicting the Moon's formation to create their own comic strips of our Moon's birth. The children use different-colored balls of Play-Doh® to model the impact between Earth and a small planet 4.5 billion years ago. "Debris" from both "planets" is rolled into a small ball to model how our Moon formed through the process of accretion of smaller particles. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries.

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Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)Last modified 2013

Audience

Education Level: Informal education:Elementary school programming, Informal education:Middle school programming, Informal education:General public, Informal education:Youth public, Informal education:Families

Topics

Earth and space science:Earth, moon and sun Earth and space science:Solar system:Planetary science Earth and space science:Solar system:The moon The nature of science

Resource Type

Activity, Instructor guide/manual

Learning Time

45 to 60 minutes