1. Lunar Exploration Experiments and Activities at the American Museum of Science and Energy

2. Lunar Exploration Experiments and Activities at the American Museum of Science and Energy A Lunar LegoBots Outreach Project

3. Our Thinking We love science and mathematics, but some of our friends have already decided that science “isn’t for them”.

4. Our Thinking We love science and mathematics, but some of our friends have already decided that science “isn’t for them”. And they’re only 10 years old…

5. Our Thinking We wanted to show kids that science is fun, and that anyone can ask questions and discover the answers.

6. Our Thinking We wanted to target kids our age and younger.

7. Our Thinking We wanted to target kids our age and younger, because let’s face it, middle and high schoolers aren’t going to listen to a bunch of 10-year-olds.

8. Our Thinking School’s out for the summer.

9. Our Thinking School’s out for the summer, but science is always “in” at the American Museum of Science and Energy!

10. What We Did We developed science experiments and activities that have to do with lunar exploration.

11. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation

12. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation How are the craters formed?

13. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation How are the craters formed? What shapes are craters?

14. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation How are the craters formed? What shapes are craters? Why are craters different sizes?

15. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation

16. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation

17. What We Did Activity 1: Lunar Crater Formation

18. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe

19. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe What is an astrolabe?

20. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe What is an astrolabe? How do you make one?

21. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe What is an astrolabe? How do you make one? Now what do you do with it?

22. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe

23. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe

24. What We Did Activity 2: Make an Astrolabe

25. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String

26. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String What is Newton’s Third Law?

27. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String What is Newton’s Third Law? How does it relate to rockets?

28. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String What is Newton’s Third Law? How does it relate to rockets? What affects propulsion?

29. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String

30. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String

31. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String

32. What We Did Activity 3: Rocket on a String

33. Kids: DO Try This at Home The activities and experiments that we did at the museum can be downloaded from our website (http://www.discoveret.org/ingrid/legobots).http://www.discoveret.org/ingrid/legobots

34. Kids: DO Try This at Home The activities and experiments that we did at the museum can be downloaded from our website (http://www.discoveret.org/ingrid/legobots).http://www.discoveret.org/ingrid/legobots Try them. Change them. Expand them. Make them your own…

35. The Story Doesn’t End There The museum has an active outreach program that involves providing STEM activities and instructors to area schools.

36. The Story Doesn’t End There The museum has an active outreach program that involves providing STEM activities and instructors to area schools. The museum has asked the Lunar LegoBots to develop activities and experiments that can be used in this outreach program, and that can be posted on the museum’s website for individuals and educators.

37. Our Thanks The Lunar LegoBots would like to thank the American Museum of Science and Energy for all that they did to make our outreach project a success, including putting out a press release, advertising our event on their website, and making announcements directing visitors to stop by our exhibit.

38. Our Thanks The Lunar LegoBots would like to thank the American Museum of Science and Energy for all that they did to make our outreach project a success, including putting out a press release, advertising our event on their website, and making announcements directing visitors to stop by our exhibit. In particular, we thank Ken Mayes, Pat Fitzpatrick, and Lissa Clarke for all of their help.

39. The Lunar LegoBots