Lunar Mountains

Credit: 
NSO

Aimed at pupils aged 11-16, this workshop challenges students to measure the shadows cast on the Moon’s surface, then utilise algebraic techniques to determine the height of those mountains.

You can download the individual files needed for this activity below, or this zip file (4mb) contains them all. 

Link to Welsh version of activity. We also have this activity available in Welsh.

Duration: 
60 mins

Age Suitability: 
11 to 14
14 to 16

Teacher Files: 
File Lesson Plan: Lunar Mountains

Resources

Before starting the workshop, you will first need to download an introductory presentation, which contains full instructions, and a number of data files:

File Description
Activity Presentation Powerpoint presentation for use by the teacher in delivering the lesson.

Data Files

Moonsaic (Quarter Phase)
You can download the individual files needed for this activity below, or this zip file (4mb) contains them all. 

Tags: 
Age 11-14
Age 14-16
Moon
Angles
Maths