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Impact Craters: Teacher Page
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CratersTe.html
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This activity teaches students how to determine the factors affecting the appearance of impact craters and ejecta. The Teacher Page contains background information on crater formation, definitions of crater terminology, activity preparation and in class instructions (materials and experiment procedures are on the Student Page of this activity), links to the Data Chart and Graph required for the experiment, and eight experiment extension activities. This activity is part of Exploring Planets in the Classroom's Impact Craters section.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
Subject:
  • Geographical Sciences:
    • Physical geography
  • Physics
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
This is a public domain web site. We simply ask that the original URL and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium credit is clearly marked on each page or portion used.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-004-036
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'Exploring Planets in the Classroom'
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html
This resource requires 'Impact Craters: Student Page'
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/Craters.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Linda Martel
NASA Hawaii Space Grant Program