Mission to the Moon Model

Ages: 7-10
Standards alignment: K-ESS1-1, 1-ESS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2
Teaching time: 15 minutes

Students learn the importance of scale in model making. They use size relationships and distance relationships rather than large numbers to make an Earth to Moon distance model that is theirs as a takeaway. They become aware of misconceptions about distance in space.