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Worksheet
Curated OER

LRO-Searching for Lunar Boulders

For Students 8th - 12th
In this lunar boulders worksheet, students use an image taken by the LRO satellite of the surface of the moon to find the scale of the image and determine the number of boulders and their approximate sizes.
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Graphic
Fourmilab Switzerland

John Walker: Named Lunar Formations

For Students 9th - 10th
This atlas of the Lunar surface features lists all named features. Click on a name and see an image of that item, or at least an image of the Moon centered on that item.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: A Meteoroid Hits the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
On May 2, 2006, a meteoroid hit the moon with a force equivalent to four tons of TNT. The event was captured on a 10-inch telescope equipped with a video camera. The video was then played in slow motion in order to be visible by the...
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Observing the Moon

For Teachers K - 1st
Students make drawings of the moon at different times to see if the moon always looks the same and if its surface looks different at different times.