Summary
A Ready Jet Go! clip on PBS LearningMedia. Through a telescope the kids spot craters on the moon and learn that they were made by space rocks crashing into the surface long ago. A clear look at how craters form.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Those round dents on the moon have a story — find out what made them.
- What are the round dents on the moon called?
- What made the moon's craters?
- Did the craters form quickly or slowly?
- Why does the moon have more craters than Earth?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: moon, crater, impact, space rock, surface.
Try it: Drop a marble into a tray of flour to make a 'crater.' Describe the shape it leaves.