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Utilize maps created with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) instrument data, including LROC images, and enjoy a wonderful introduction to remote sensing and planetary science. 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The detailed coloring pages and activities can be enjoyed by learners and enthusiasts of all ages. Includes three activities that can be combined together to plan your own rover mission. These can also be combined with "The Mystery of Lunar Water" activity to provide a comprehensive series for a full range of age groups.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/LROC_rovers_of_the_solar_system-3893fc581122d7c97c9bfcd0eaea7a4c863428e5d76a1c787ef0758a9bc3f0a0.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">LRO Exploring the Moon</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Multiple ages</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Engaging educational resources for NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Learn about the Moon through games, activities, puzzles and other lunar resources.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lro/educational-resources/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> See them at GSFC</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">NASA's Best & STEM Resources</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Multiple ages</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">NASA's Educator resources have miltiple flexible and organized activities and guides from NASA developed to nurture communication, collaboration, and innovation using engineering content and themes to teach students.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-educators/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> NASA STEM</a> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem-content/nasas-best-next-generation-activity-guide-technology-demonstration-missions/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> NASA's BEST</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">JPL Educator Resources</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Multiple ages</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">JPL has a great selection of educator resources from activities to guides that help explore our universe of science, technology, engineering and math.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> See them at JPL</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Explore! To the Moon and Beyond</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Multiple ages</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Find fun activities and resources for the Moon, space exploration, and more from the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI).</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> LPI Activities</a> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> LPI Resources</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Bring Moon Rocks into Your Classroom!</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades K-12</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">The Lunar and Meteorite Sample Education Disk Program provides K-12 teachers with 6-in diameter clear acrylic disks containing six samples of either Moon rocks or Meteorites. Each disk is accompanied by written and graphic descriptions of each sample in the disk, a Powerpoint presentation on CD, a teacher workbook, and additional printable material.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" target="_blank" href="https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/education/"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-up-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> More at JSC</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Apollo Word Search</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades K-6</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">A fun little word search that helps identify Apollo-era words and terms.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/LROC_apollo_word_search-2a869a751a1dcf99373d744e6f065e723c20ac89a34f16fa970e178c1aadd744.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Straw Rocket</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 3-8</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">An educational activity to help students study how basic rocket processes are applied to space flight.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/LROC_straw_rocket-f414bbc90e7c0ef74506beacbdb06bee901107d12c542dc7375d6b5692159157.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">LRO Paper Models</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 5-12</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Printable paper models of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), or LRO with LCROSS. These satellites launched launched together June 18, 2009.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/LRO_paper_model-8b2612880aefbebfc60be68909d2d3df6999569dd48748631279d09226670459.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download LRO</a> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/LRO_LCROSS_paper_model-cd6dc3e9251bd4bbb1c61049bc99008c4d72eb43a80001721c22b04b78b787c8.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download LRO/LCROSS</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Exploring the Moon (1997)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 4-12</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">The activities in this guide promote problem solving, communication skills and teamwork. Earth and space science subjects include lunar geology and regolith, distance to the Moon, Apollo landing sites and life support systems.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_exploring_the_moon-5d54c2e5891dfacbf687c828e2110c4588a7b2b207608e8a409725a389d3339a.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">NASA Quest Challenge: Cratering the Moon (2008)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 4-12</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will travel aboard the same launch vehicle as the LRO. In early 2009, LCROSS will aim the spent Centaur upper stage of the launch vehicle at the permanently dark floor of one of the Moon's polar craters to test the theory that ancient ice lies buried there. Students will design and build a launching device that will cause a projectile to excavate subsurface layers of lunar soil.</p> <p class="card-text">A supplemental Moon Math guide (grades 5-8) is also provided with suggested activities for connecting standards-based geometry concepts (area, volume, and proportion of two- and three-dimensional objects) to an actual NASA lunar mission.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_cratering_the_moon-3ddb5161dd2ac8ff4dd96844c32aad79ba712d1b41643eb67c02fd048611aedf.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Cratering the Moon</a> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_moon_math-bca1ad8d258feb9a4e43de56ceb8a4edf760ac8020a17d4843bdc1e5c9359922.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Moon Math</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Field Trip to the Moon (2005)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 5-8</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Field Trip to the Moon is a virtual journey created using NASA engineering models and scientific data. Like NASA's astronauts, you will come face-to-face with the challenges and excitement of traveling through space to land on the Moon.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_field_trip_to_the_moon-d46c844edf707b6e945d459013a8aa4312c28e5dd0c492a595ca23dccf7844d9.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Lunar Nautics (2007)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 6-8</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">The Lunar Nautics Educator Guide has 40 activities. Students assume roles of workers at Lunar Nautics Space Systems, Inc., a fictional aerospace company specializing in mission management, lunar habitat and exploration design, and scientific research.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_lunar_nautics-c42d3352fe3721a13fcb733364cb0a4b6b5e6a5e62e6b1917bd9a04b94e7831e.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Lunar Odyssey (1995)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 4-12</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Powerpoint slides that compare the basic size, scale, and orbital characteristics of the Earth and Moon.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/SP_lunar_odyssey-53d7b03508f918c32870da5cb6cca550a2af381f1519c6ca34ff2d5568603fe4.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Moon Munchies (2007)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 1-6+</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">The design of this course is a creative problem-solving process. Students will design and build a lunar plant growth chamber using the engineering design process.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_moon_munchies-c38787b07e47c961ad65ac89cf7305051ffb11a8c13b8b2a26d06306e0b43f20.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Packing Up for the Moon (2007)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 6-8</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Design is a creative problem-solving process. In this unit, students will design and build a lunar plant growth chamber using the engineering design process.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_packing_up_for_the_moon-eb23dd4e95cbf0020de563a28de1aaef894d6b347704f49ccf5a7a9020b310a4.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Lunar Plant Growth Chamber (2007)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 9-12</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">Design is a creative problem-solving process. In this unit, students will design and build a lunar plant growth chamber using the engineering design process.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_lunar_plant_growth_chamber-fa251546d31a2026076e77fda6e644f2788dadb0f7f5e6e57cf6196eacaac1cb.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body p-2 p-sm-3"> <h3 class="card-title">Planetary Geology (1998)</h3> <p class="card-text text-primary-dark"><i class="fa-solid fa-graduation-cap"></i> Grades 5-College</p> <p class="card-text mt-3">This educator's guide features exercises grouped into five units: introduction to geologic processes, impact cratering activities, planetary atmosphere, planetary surfaces, and geologic mapping.</p> <a class="card-link text-nowrap" href="/assets/educators/NASA_planetary_geology-ec6b75e38979dfc5eb2c5ba324c4bc98e78bc291c7a78154cbbabdb68305c8c2.pdf"><i class="fa-solid fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> Download</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </main> <footer class="footer mt-auto"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 pb-5 py-md-2"> <span class="footer-brand mb-2"><img class="footer-img" src="/assets/LROC_patch_alpha-bcddde05a14e141c980aa2f2525ba78b826a15843a289bf9fa543709e488e018.png" />LROC</span> <p> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera<br> Science Operations Center<br> Phoenix, Arizona </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 pb-5 py-md-2"> <h4>Moon friends</h4> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://moon.nasa.gov/">NASA Moon</a> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</a> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://www.intuitivemachines.com/">Intuitive Machines</a> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://sese.asu.edu/">ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration</a> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://ser.sese.asu.edu/">Space Exploration Resources</a> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://apollo.sese.asu.edu/">Apollo Image Archive</a> <a target="_blank" class="d-block" href="https://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu">March to the Moon Image Archive</a> </div> <div class="col-md-4 pb-5 py-md-2"> <h4>Connect with us</h4> <a class="d-block" target="_blank" href="https://sese.asu.edu/community-engagement/events">ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration</a> <a class="d-block" href="/visit/exhibits">LROC Lunar Exhibits</a> <a class="d-block" href="/news_tags/Events">LROC Affiliated Events</a> <a class="d-block" href="/contact">Contact Us</a> </div> </div> <hr class="mx-3 mx-md-0 my-5"> <div class="row"> <p class="col pt-3 pt-md-0 text-gray-dark">©2024 NASA/GSFC/LROC. 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