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This is a teacher guided activity; listen and follow along.

I. Go to the website:

http://www.darksky.org/images/sat

You will need to look around on the site.  Find “Resources” and then satellite images.

1. Find the satellite image of the Eastern U.S.
2. Describe the image.
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3. View the satellite image of “Earth at Night”.  Where is the light concentrated?

What countries cause the most light pollution?
 

4. View the “ High Resolution Image of USA at Night with State Outlines (DMSP Satellite).   ( It takes a while to load.  Scan the U.S. from West to East.  The light blue represents dense areas of light pollution.
 a. Where is the worst light pollution?  Name the states and the cities.

 b. Where is the least light pollution?

 c. According to this image is Berks County a good place to view the sky?  Is Philadelphia?  Why or why not?
 
 
 

5. What does DMSP stand for?
 

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II.   Go to the National Air and Space Museum  Website at :
The Smithsonian's NationalAir and Space Museum :  Apollo to the Moon
Directions : Follow these directions carefully to answer the questions.

 Find "The Flight of Apollo 11” and then click on the “Introduction”, READ it. 

A.  Go to “Steps in the Flightpath”

1.   Describe the  idea of the flightpath diagram.  Explain IN DETAIL how the Apollo mission was done from Earth to the moon and back. LIst at least five steps.
 
 
 
 
 

2. Click on the various parts of the flightpath diagram.  How is the Lunar Module removed from the third stage of the Saturn V? 
 
 
 

3. What is Lunar Orbit Insertion? (Try #57)
 
 

4. Click on “ The Journey Out”.   What was the date of the launch of Apollo 11?
What was the time ?  Where was the mission launched?
 

5. What considerations are made for the survival of the astronauts as they trave in space?  What does the ship provide?
 
 
 

6.  Click on the “ Apollo 11 Command Module”.   What is the name of the command module?   Click on the name (in red). Describe the module. 
 

7.   Give Some of the technical specifications of the Lunar landing Module, LM or Eagle.   What is the ascent thrust ?  What type of fuel does it use?   What company made the LM, the Eagle?
 

Find “ Apollo’s Lunar Rocks: What We Learned about the Moon.”

Read the page.  Then, at the bottom, click on “ Basalt: the Mare Rock.
8. Where is most of the basaltic rock found  on the moon?
 
 
 

 Click on the link at the bottom “Anorthosite: The Highland Rock”.  Read through the sections on lunar  rocks.  Find the answers to these questions:

9. What was the ancient crust of the moon composed of?
 

10.  What light mineral crystallized in the ancient moon and floated to the surface?
 
 

11.  What other type of rock was found on the moon which contained mainly nickle and iron?
 

12.  Describe the lunar soil, the moon’s surface layer.