Tag: For Schools

We’re going to the Moon Apollo-style. I’ll bring the Lego…
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We’re going to the Moon Apollo-style. I’ll bring the Lego…

This is Ali’s beginners guide to the Moon landings with the added help of his Lego Saturn V. It focuses on the ‘how’ of getting to the Moon and back again. Please feel free to like/share/pass on to anyone who might be interested! Alastair is currently an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh.

Google Moon
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Google Moon

Google has teamed up with NASA’s Ames Research Centre in Silicon Valley, California, to create Google Moon to allow people across the Earth to explore the Moon. www.google.co.uk/moon

The Rotating Moon
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The Rotating Moon

This animated clip explains how we always see the same side of the Moon and that the Moon used to spin much faster and has since become gravitationally tidally locked to the Earth. This is the case with most moons within the solar system. www.stem.org.uk/rx33u7