USA Moon Landing July 20 1969

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 (click for updates to the list):

1. Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth
2. Apollo 11 VR
3. Google Moon–see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app
4. How we are going to the Moon–video
5. If the Moon Were Only One Pixel…
6. JFK Challenge — takes kids to the Apollo 11
7. NASA’s Musical Playlist–88 million viewers of 188 songs
8. Moon Phase Simulation Viewed from Earth and Space (interactive, elementary and middle school)—and associated Lesson Plan
9. Observing the Moon in the Sky (interactive, elementary)
10. Moonrise to Moonset (media gallery, elementary)

A wonderful tribute to this day–a poem by Denise Finn (reprinted with permission)–if you enjoy this, check out Denise’s blog:

MOONWALK: JULY 20, 1969

The night loved me.
It was mutual.
The stars,
The quiet,
The crickets,
The moon—especially the moon.
Hours passed
In perfect silence,
Eyes staring
As the huge
Parental face
Stared back,
Its familiar glow
So far away.
All things were possible,
And just as impossible.
So, no surprise on my seventh birthday
When I watched and heard,
“That’s one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind.”
The astronaut Neil Armstrong,
The spaceship Eagle,
The Sea of Tranquility
Were my gift.
I’m positive
That gentle, glowing face,
Swelling each month
So I can see its full magnificence,
Hasn’t forgotten me
Or the day
When man first encroached
On the moon and our innocence.
The moon still watches me,
And sometimes
I remember to look.

©D.L. Finn 2025 – Image Pixabay.com

Thank you so much Denise for sharing such a wonderful reminder of an incredible step for mankind.

More on space

1. 17 Minutes of Terror--Curiosity landing on Mars
2. Build a Satellite–a game
3. DIY Sun Science
4. Earthrise–the first time it’s recorded; a video
5. Earth Song (video)
6. GoSkyWatchP–Easily and quickly identify and locate stars, planets, constellations and more by simply pointing to the sky
7. NASA Kids Club
8. NASA Selfies
9. Planet sizes–compared
10. Samorost—problem solving
11. Satellites—build a satellite
12. The  Scale  of  the  universe
13. The Size of Space
14. Solar system
15. Solar system–3D
16. Space sounds
17. Space Websites
18. Space—write your name in galaxies
19. SpaceX ISS Docking Simulator
20. Stellarium–explore space from your browser
21. See a Satellite Tonight–from your browser, in your area
22. To Scale: The Solar System–a video

–images from Deposit Photo

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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, 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.