The Moon is a treasure chest of science that holds many fascinating mysteries to explore – many that will advance our understanding of our home planet and solar system, as well as the cosmos beyond.
 
This week, we're focusing on how Artemis astronauts will safely land on the lunar surface, and what they'll study when they get there.

Narrator Drew Barrymore and NASA team members explain why returning to the Moon is the natural next step in human exploration, and how the lessons learned from Artemis will pave the way to Mars and beyond.

After constructing scale models of the Earth-Moon and Earth-Mars systems to calculate distance, students research and investigate water consumption rates of astronauts based on a given scenario to determine if their water supply is enough to sustain them on the remainder of their journey.

Take a virtual tour of the Moon in 4K resolution, thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As the visualization moves around the near side, far side, north and south poles, we highlight interesting features, sites, and information gathered on the lunar terrain.

Moon Trek allows you to view imagery and explore lunar data. Follow the tutorial to start your trek and get the most out of the tool. Use the layers to explore historic Apollo landing sites or venture to the lunar south pole, where Artemis will go. 

This free, printable booklet has mazes, word searches, sudoku puzzles with pictures, and other types of puzzles.

Have you ever wondered when the next full Moon will be? How about the first quarter Moon? Now you can have all the dates and times for all the Moon phases for the year at your fingertips by building your own Moon phases calendar and calculator.

Join us on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. EDT, to learn how NASA is selecting the Artemis mission landing sites and the technologies that will allow astronauts to land safely. The hands-on activity highlighted in this session challenges students to design, build, and test a model lunar lander.

A companion student session will be held the following day, Thursday, May 12, at 10 a.m. EDT.
Looking for a quick math challenge?

Check out this standards-aligned exercise that tasks students with using a table to approximate the age of a region of the lunar surface.

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