On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Commemorate that this year with an exciting collection of websites and apps that take your students to the Moon. Here are some you’ll like:
- Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth
- Apollo 11 VR
- Google Moon–see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app
- How we are going to the Moon–video
- If the Moon Were Only One Pixel…
- JFK Challenge — takes kids to the Apollo 11
- NASA Educator Guide to the Moon (for teachers)
- NASA’s Musical Playlist–88 million viewers of 188 songs
- Moon Phase Simulation Viewed from Earth and Space (interactive, elementary and middle school)—and associated Lesson Plan
- Observing the Moon in the Sky (interactive, elementary)
- Moonrise to Moonset (media gallery, elementary)
More on space
- DIY Sun Science
- Earth Song (video)
- GoSkyWatchP–Easily and quickly identify and locate stars, planets, constellations and more by simply pointing to the sky
- Mars
- Mars is a Real Place–visit via VR
- NASA Kids Club
- NASA Selfies
- Planet sizes–compared
- Samorost—problem solving
- Satellites—build a satellite
- The Scale of the universe
- The Size of Space
- Solar system
- Solar system–3D
- Space–explore it
- Space sounds
- Space station game
- Space Websites
- Space—write your name in galaxies
- Spacesuits–clickable
- Stardate Online
- The Flame Trench via Google Earth (when a rocket launches)
- To Scale: The Solar System–a video
- We Are Go for Launch via Google Earth
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
Thanks for the reminder. I hadn’t thought about it this year.
It’s easy to forget, as far away as we’ve gotten from this event.
So much else has happened since.
That’s a pretty big thing commemorate and I still needed a reminder. That’s a lot of interesting sites. Thank you Jacqui.