Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Solar Telescopes
Viewing Details:
Date:
Location:
Time:
Notes:
Draw what you see on the Sun
Why should you never look at the Sun without a special filter?
Why do Sunspots look the way they do?
How many Sunspots do you count?
What is the Solar Cycle? How long does it last?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Satellite Overpass
Downlink Details
Date:
Location:
Time:
Satellite Downlinked:
Downlink Frequency:
What did the signal sound like?
Draw a picture of the antenna
What kind of work does the satellite you heard do?
Why is this work important?
Why is the antenna shaped the way it is?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Spacesuit
Whose spacesuit is this?
How many days did the owner of this spacesuit spend in space?
This type of spacesuit is called Sokol by cosmonauts. What does the Russian word "Sokol"
mean in English?
What purpose does a spacesuit serve?
When was the Sokol spacesuit first introduced?
How does this spacesuit differ from the Apollo spacesuit on display at the museum?
How is this spacesuit similar to the Apollo spacesuit on display at the museum?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – SpaceTheatre
Describe the surface of the Moon as shown in the Space Theatre:
What kind of Moon rock is on display?
What was the name of the rocket that carried us to the Moon?
What kind of food would you want to eat out of a bag in space?
What was the name of the first human to set foot on the Moon?
When did this happen?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Toy Story
From the Tim Anthony Jackson Collection display, choose three (3) toys and write a short
story about their space adventures:
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Reading Space
From the Reading Space collection of space books choose one cover and write your own
short space story incorporating elements from the cover:
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Orbits 101
What is an orbit?
What is its shape?
What are the factors that influence, or perturb, a satellite in its orbit?
How does a satellite change its orbit?
Briefly describe the six elements that characterize an orbit:
1) Semi-major Axis
2) Eccentricity
3) Inclination
4) Longitude of Ascending Node
5) Argument of Perigee
6) True Anomaly
What is Perigee?
Apogee?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Moon Rock Disks
Why are the Moon Rocks encased in Lucite?
What are the six types of rock shown in the Moon Rock disk?
How are Moon rocks like Earth rocks?
How are Moon rocks different from Earth rocks?
The “geo” in geology comes from the word for Earth and Earth’s rocks. What is the ‘-ology’
for scientists who study Moon rocks?
Which formed first, the white rocks or the black rocks?
What kind of mineral(s) are the white rocks?
What kind of mineral(s) are the black rocks?
What are breccias?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Moon 101
What is it called when the Moon is growing?
What is it called when the Moon’s shrinking?
When the Moon is less than half full it is a:
When the Moon is more than half full it is:
Make a rough sketch of the Moon. Label major features.
Mare translates as sea. Why were they called seas?
Scientists used to think all of the Moon’s craters came from volcanoes. Are there volcanoes
on the Moon?
We know that there are meteorites in the Sahara and Antarctica that come from the Moon.
How do we know this?
What is the difference between a Total eclipse and an Annular eclipse?
Moon Day STEM Patch Worksheet – Moon Dust Simulant
Why do engineers need a Moon Dust simulant?
Why must care be taken in the handling of the simulant?
How is the simulant similar to real Moon dust (regolith)?
How is the simulant different from real Moon dust (regolith)?
Is running a robot around on a bed of simulant a good use of it? Why or why not?
Is growing plants in the simulant a good use of it? Why or why not?