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Fly Me to the Moons -- Middle School
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Written By: Frances Dellutri, Jr. High/Intermediate Level SpacEdge Education Team, Updated August 2023
Grade (Age) Level: Grades 5-8 (Ages 10-13)Updated 11/9/23
Key Topics Associated With Standards:Scale Properties, Astronomy, Solar System Models, Proportion, Quantity, Interpreting Data, Gravity, Patterns, Math, Moon, Modeling
US Standards: NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3 http://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/ms-ess1-earths-place-universe
Summary: This interdisciplinary course will allow investigations into the relative location of objects in our solar system, how to change the scale of those items, the relative size of objects in a model. Students are further encouraged to conduct research on the moons in our solar system and then to make a model of one, complete with its features using artistic techniques.
Goals: The goals of the course are to impress scale modeling techniques and perspectives.
Pre-requisite: Understanding of ratios is helpful.
Index of Course Activities:
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Students make a model of their selected moon (Activity 5) by using papier-mâché and
adding features that are to scale. As seen in Activity 4, Solar System Modeling Lab with
different sized sun models for the group solar systems, the larger the scale factor, t
he larger the model and the easier it is to the see the details of the model,
so students should be encouraged to make their selected moon at least 12 - 18 inches
(30 - 45 cm) in diameter. Tips for the moon construction are found in the folder below.