Extra Ideas
(printable version)

Extra Ideas can be used in many ways:

• As extra activities to consider for the entire class during a Mission;
• As homework or extra credit assignments for student groups or individuals;
• As a way to challenge the accelerated students in your class

If you have additional Taking Off Ideas, please send them to us at agronauts@ncsu.edu and we will add your idea to the appropriate Mission.

Mission 1

• Have students investigate the visits made to the Moon by humans and satellites: Luna 2 in 1959, Apollo Missions, Clementine in 1994, and the Lunar Rover in 1999.

• The Moon has many names in mythology. Its craters are named after famous figures in science and also for modern space explorers. Have students investigate the mythological figures and the historical figures for which the Moon surface is named.

• Obtain a Moon map large enough to post in your room for viewing. Discuss some of the places where the plant growth chamber could be located.

• Investigate the role of eclipses in different cultures throughout history.

• Based on what you have learned, create a Moon Travel Brochure to try to persuade other people on Earth to visit the Moon.