Mission+3

The Moon

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Today you are going to be learning all about travelling to the moon.  Activity: You will be researching the event of man landing on the moon and the effort behind putting the man on the moon. These websites below will help you gather up data about the moon landing and the journey to the moon.

@http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm

@http://www.kidscosmos.org/solar_system/moon_landings.php

@http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/life/index.html

@http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml

@http://www.space.com/topics/spacekids-space-news-archive/

@http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/

Using all your research you are now going to create you very own podcast taking on the role of an astronaut that has ventured into space.

Conclusion: A discussion on what hardships did astronauts go through in space? Why was the Moon landing such a big event in human history? What facts have you learnt about the moon and the moon landing?

Resources: Overhead projector __Computers__ podcast software websites:

@http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm

@http://www.kidscosmos.org/solar_system/moon_landings.php  @http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/life/index.html

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml,

http://www.space.com/topics/spacekids-space-news-archive/,

@http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/

**Learing objectives:** Make a podcast Name the astronauts sent on Apollo 13