Unit 3B, Sun, Moon and Earth Unit Project: Designing a Moon Base Use what you've learned about the Moon, Sun, and Earth to build a model of a future Moon base.   Project Link 1 (Chapter 1, p. B9) Decide where on the moon to build your moon base and begin to build a model of the Moon's surface. Internet Links The Moon's Surface National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets Cyber-Center http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/SIIMAGES/image9.jpg Hands-On Universe: Moon Pictures http://hou.lbl.gov:80/ISE/ new/moon/moongifs.html NASA Photo: Lunar Outpost http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/gotomoon.gif Student Resources Map of the Near Side of the Moon Designing Buildings at a Moon Base Project Link 2 (Chapter 2, p. B51) Use Moon models to discover that the Moon base will have days and nights that are each about two weeks long. Find out more about lunar conditions as you construct the buildings on your base. Internet Links Lunar Conditions StarChild: The Moon: Earth's Satellite http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/moon.html Project Link 3 (Chapter 3, p. B63) Create a sky scene for your Moon base. Show how the Sun and Earth would look from the Moon. Internet Links Earth and the Moon The NSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth & Moon: Apollo 8 Earthrise Photo http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/earth/apollo08_earthrise.jpg The NSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth & Moon http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-earthmoon.html Student Resources Writing a Moon Base Story