MoonSites


Science of the Moon


1.Encyclopedia Entry on Moon by Paul Spudis at NASA (nice background summary)
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html

Nine Planets Site Introduction
http://nineplanets.org/luna.html

Views of the Solar System Site Introduction
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm

Discussion of Ice on the Moon (before the LCROSS Mission plans)
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/ice/ice_moon.html

The Origin of the Moon (by William Hartmann, who, with a colleague, first suggested the giant impact hypothesis for how the Moon formed, in 1975)
http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html

The Lunar Science Institute (NASA's new organization to encourage scientific study of the Moon; their web site has a place where public questions are answered)
http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/

2. Missions to the Moon


Annotated Missions List from the Moon Society
http://www.moonsociety.org/info/moon_missions.html

Mission Lists and Links from the Lunar and Planetary Institute
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/

LCROSS Mission Site
http://www.lcross.arc.nasa.gov/
See the special page for educational resources
http://www.lcross.arc.nasa.gov/resources/

Article on the mission from Popular Mechanics magazine
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4277592.html

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Site
http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (comprehensive site about the landings)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/

PBS To the Moon Site (on the Apollo landings)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tothemoon/

We Choose the Moon Site (a recreation of the Apollo 11 mission)
http://wechoosethemoon.org/

Clementine Mission Site (first hints of ice on the Moon)
http://www.cmf.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/
 

3. Observing the Moon with Binoculars and Telescopes

Sky & Telescope Magazine's Moon Observing Articles
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/

Inconstant Moon (Kevin Clarke's rich site full of moon information, observing guides, an atlas, phase calendar, moon music, and much more)
http://www.inconstantmoon.com

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon (Akanna Peck's site shows what's visible on the Moon and lets you search by feature names; for serious observers)
http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/hitchhiker.html

The Consolidated Atlas of Best Lunar Images (from the Lunar and Planetary Institute)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/cla/index.shtml

4. Finding the Phase of the Moon (and More)

Paul Carlisle's Moon Calendar (displays the phase of the Moon for any date from 3999BC to 3999 AD)
http://www.paulcarlisle.net/mooncalendar/

Akkana Peck's Moon Phase Applet
http://www.shallowsky.com/moon.html

StarDate Online Moon Calendar
http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/

Moonrise and Moonset Calculator
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonrise.html

Observing (and Understanding) Lunar Phases (from the Pacific Science Center's Astro Adventures Program). Click on Favorite Science Activities in the menu at left and then on Observing Lunar Phases. This sequence of superb inquiry-based activities helps people of all ages to understand the changing appearance of the Moon over the course of a month.
http://www.dennisschatz.org
Exploring Lunar Phases with a Daytime Moon (from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Astronomy from the Ground Up Program). Uses the Sun and Moon in the sky, plus a Styrofoam ball to help visualize the Moon's phases.
http://www.astrosociety.org/afgu/DaytimeMoon.pdf
Crash Landing (from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Family ASTRO Program). Participants imagine survivors of a crash on the Moon and figure out what is most essential for their backpacks to survive.
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/family/materials/crashlanding.pdf
Does the Moon Rotate (from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Night Sky Network Program). A brief demonstration using models of why the Moon keeps one face to the Earth.
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=330
Impact Craters (a series of activities and resources from the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium's Exploring Planets series). Students drop things from a height onto a "lunar surface" to simulate the making of craters.
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CrateringDoc.html
Exploring the Moon (a 158-page teacher guide with activities from NASA). Put together by the planetary science group at the University of Hawaii in 1997, this guide has a wide range of activities on lunar science and exploration for middle and high school level.
www.nasa.gov/pdf/58199main_Exploring.The.Moon.pdf
A visual demo of the phases of the Moon (from the Project ASTRO Site at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories)
http://www.noao.edu/education/phases/phases_demo.html
Relevant Issues of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's newsletter for teachers, The Universe in the Clasroom:
The Lunar and Planetary Institute's Site "Connect to the Moon" offers a wide range of other resources for educators (with the proviso that almost everything on the site is NASA based).
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/lprp/
6. Webcasts about the Moon
Dr. Anthony Colaprete (NASA Ames Research Center) discusses "Prospecting for Water on the Moon: The Upcoming LCROSS Mission" (January 21, 2009, Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/podcast/colaprete.mp3
Moon Myths and Moon Misconceptions: Phil Plait (author of Bad Astronomy), planetary astronomers Paul Spudis, and others separate moon fact from fiction in this humorous hour (July 6, 2009, SETI Institute Are We Alone show)
http://podcast.seti.org:80/episodes/Skeptic_Check_Sheer_Lunacy
Short NASA video on the LCROSS Mission
http://www.archive.org/details/NASA-LCROSS-Overview
Brief Interview with Brian Day, Education Lead for the LCROSS Mission
http://www.astrosociety.org/abh/ (see Episode 3)
7. The Moon in Popular Culture
Science Fiction about the Moon
http://www.biblioinfo.com/moon/sf_moon.html
The Moon in Music (part of an astronomical music list)
http://www.astronomy2009.org/static/resources/iya2009_music_astronomy.pdf





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