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Exploring Craters: Formation and Differences on Earth, Moon, and Mars

This inquiry-based project delves into the study of craters and their formation across celestial bodies, particularly focusing on the Moon, Earth, and Mars. Students will engage in hands-on experiments to investigate crater formation by using sand and various objects to simulate impacts. Participants will develop hypotheses, plan experiments, and learn to organize and visualize their data. The project encourages critical thinking, data analysis, and exploration of outstanding questions regarding planetary geology, making it suitable for classroom incorporation with numerous resources for further study.

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Exploring Craters: Formation and Differences on Earth, Moon, and Mars

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  1. Craters and their formation—An Inquiry based project Bill Lammela

  2. What do you know about the moon?

  3. What do you see?

  4. Earth Mars Are all craters the same? What is different? Why? Moon

  5. What might cause differences between the craters on the moon?

  6. Fill pan 2-3 cm with play sand Sprinkle with paprika Drop an object from directly above and a distance of 10 cm. Observe and measure as you can Let’s try it!

  7. How can we study one “variable” involved in crater formation? • Develop an hypothesis • Plan Experiment • Plan how to record and organize data • Go do it!

  8. How to organize data?How to visualize data?

  9. Conclusions and Reflections What did the data tell you? What questions still remain? Extensions? How to incorporate into your classes?

  10. References • http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/EPO/explore/craters.pdf (A great resource with pictures of craters, a modified version of this activity, list of pertinent videos and resources). • webs.wichita.edu/lapo/o30.html. (A similar activity to this one with household materials. Some student questions with teacher’s answers included). • http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/experimental/all98invProject.Site/Pages/bolivia-webpage/crater.html. (Another NASA site with a variety of activities related to craters and meteors).

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