Exercises for the Classroom or a Seminar
Our Resources are suitable for children.
QUEST OF ASTEROIDS
Our Asteroid Experts produced a Power Point presentation in collaboration with our educational partners which you can download and use.
ASTEROIDS & LUNAR LANDSCAPES
In this 30 to 45 minute activity, students (in teams of 4-5) experiment to create craters and learn about the landscape of the moon. The students make observations on how the size and mass, direction, and velocity of the projectile impacts the size and shape of the crater.
PRINT ASTEROID EROS
Emily Peters made this wonderful model of asteroid 433 Eros. You can download the file. A great exercise for any classroom.
LEARN ABOUT ASTEROIDS THROUGH ART
In this short activity, participants learn about the characteristics and location of asteroids and build their own model asteroid using clay.
EXPLORATION IS NEAR
This activity book is designed to provide you with a number of fun activities to teach children about asteroids and some of the science concepts involved in the NEAR mission.
MAKE YOUR OWN ASTEROID & EARTH
Our educational partner NEOShield-2 created a fun exercise: Build your own little models of the Earth and of an asteroid and print them.
HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH A METEOR SHOWER
Sky at Night presenter Pete Lawrence walks you through how to photograph a meteor shower in this excellent guide
