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Mass, Area, Volume

In this activity (page 18 of PDF), learners will measure the volume of impact craters created by projectiles of different masses. They will also draw connections between the mass of the projectile and the volume of crater it creates. This lesson also includes extension activities: Analyzing the formula for the volume of sphere (p46-50), and calculating the volume of a crater (p32-35). The Moon Math: Craters! guide follows a 5E approach, applying...

Keywords:: Circles, Plane Geometry, Impact, The Moon, NASA, Crater, Satellites and Spacecraft, NSDL, Projectile, Physics, Lunar, Conducting Investigations, Geometry, Chemistry, Volume, General, Mass, Space Science, Physical Science, Shape, Moon, Geoscience, Measurement, Mathematics, Geometric Shape, Asteroids and Comets, Engineering, Gathering Data, Size and Scale, Projectile Motion, General Science, Sphere, Technology, LCROSS, Meteoroid, Momentum and Velocity, Education, Probes

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: September 4, 2022
Author:: NASA
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School
Technical Format:: Website
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States