Moon
Earth and Space
Is there life on the Moon?
Classroom Activity
for 11-14
What the Activity is for
Searching for life on the Moon.
Here you use photographic evidence to consider various features of the surface of the Moon.
What to Prepare
- printed copies of the support sheet: On the Moon (see below)
or
- the interactive object (see below) together with the support sheet
What Happens During this Activity
Introduce this activity by telling the class that a lot of scientific ideas are deduced from observations. They are going to use some dramatic pictures taken from the visits to the Moon by spacecraft in the 1960s. Hand out the support sheet and give pupils a maximum of 20 minutes to complete it.
Resources
Download the support sheet / student worksheet for this activity.