Launched by:

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To the Moon, Amigos!

• Launched by
• Joanne Diggle
• Maureen McConnell
• Patricia Morris

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Exploring the Moon

• For thousands of years people have dreamed of
  reaching the moon.
  
• On July 20, 1969, the dream of reaching the Moon
  came true.
  
• Neil Armstrong, an astronaut aboard the Apollo 11
  space flight, became the first person ever to
  step on the Moon!
  

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• As Neil Armstrong climbed from the spacecraft and
  placed his foot on the dusty lunar surface he
  said the famous words, Thats one small step for
  a man, one giant leap for mankind.

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

• The moon is not like the sun. It does not
  produce its own light.
  
• Moonlight is really sunlight reflected off the
  Moon to the Earth!
  

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The Moon -A Different Place

• There is no atmosphere on the Moon.
• Its surface is dry, dusty, and rocky.
• Like Earth, the Moon has mountain ranges.

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• Maria, the name given to low, flat areas, is from
  Latin, meaning sea.
  
• The dark areas are filled with lava (liquid
  rock).
  
• Craters are holes created when space objects hit
  the Moons surface.

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A Day on the Moon

• No air.
• No sound.
• No water.
• The sky always looks dark.
• The same side of the Moon always faces the Earth.

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Atmosphere

• An atmosphere is an invisible layer of gases that
  surrounds a planet.
  
• Earths atmosphere is made up of a few different
  gases, including oxygen.
  
• The atmosphere protects Earth from the dangerous
  rays of the sun.

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Is it cold or is it hot?

• Because the Moon does not have an atmosphere, the
  temperature range is extreme.
  
• During the day, the temperature goes up to 130oC
  or 265oF.
  
• At night, the temperature drops to -110oC or
  -170oF.

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Gravity

• Gravity is an invisible force that holds us and
  all the things around us to the Earth.
  
• Gravity causes objects to have weight.

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Gravity on the Moon

• The Moons gravity is weaker than the Earths
  gravity.
  
• We would weigh much less on the Moon than we do
  here on Earth.
  
• You would be able to jump much higher on the Moon
  than you do here on Earth.

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Weightless

• Because there is no gravity in space, everything
  floats.
  

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Orbit
The path the moon travels in around the Earth is
called an orbit.
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The Moons Movements

• The Moon moves in two ways.
• It revolves around, or orbits, the Earth.
• While it is orbiting Earth, the Moon also
  rotates, or spins like a top.

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Phases of the Moon

• The moon looks different at different times of
  the months.
  
• These are called phases of the moon.

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New Moon
The Moon cycle starts with the dark new moon.
Its sunlit side is facing away from the Earth.
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Waxing Moon
A small crescent moon is seen next. The moon is
getting bigger. It is called waxing.
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First phase of the moon
We see a half-moon at the first quarter phase.
The Moon has traveled one-quarter of its orbit.
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Full Moon
This is the full moon. It happens 14 days after
the new moon.
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Third quarter phase
The Moon has traveled three-quarters of its orbit
at the third-quarter phase.
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Waning Moon Phase
The lit surface grows smaller. It is called a
waning gibbous.
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Moons Phases and Orbit
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The Man-in-the-MoonThe
Man-in-the-Moon

• People in the United States think the full moon
  looks like a face.
  
• The face is the pattern formed by the light and
  dark areas of the Moons surface.
  
• From Earth, the brightest parts of the Moon are
  the mountains. They are the white areas of the
  man-in-the-Moon.

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• The darkest parts of the Moons surface are lava
  filled craters called maria. They are the gray
  areas of the man-in-the-Moon.
  
• The most famous parts of the Moons surface are
  the holes called craters.
  

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What do you see when you look at
the Moon?

• People in Peru see a fox in the Moon.
• People in Mexico, Korea, and Japan see a rabbit
  in the Moon.
  
• People in China see a toad in the Moon.