Moon Landing STEM Pack: Paper Lunar Module Build, Crater Lab, Math

Follow one Moon rock collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11, from launch in Florida to the labs and museums that study it today, in this hands on STEM pack for Grades 3 to 6. Every student page is one stop on the journey, so the whole unit tells a single story.

What’s inside (32 pages plus a thank-you page):

• Teacher guide, lesson flow and stop guide, differentiation and key words
• Meet Apollo 11 fact card with real NASA photos
• Exploded diagram of the real lunar module
• Build a paper lunar module: descent stage, ascent stage and final assembly
• Earth to Moon number line
• Moon phases wheel to build and turn
• Weight on the Moon: one sixth math
• Mission clock: elapsed time
• Speed ladder in mph and km/h
• Fuel gauge: read and shade a scale, then work out the distance covered
• Landing flip book: cut out eight frames and flip through the Eagle’s landing
• Footprint evidence cards: why footprints last
• Fair test planner and crater lab line graph (flour, cocoa and marbles)
• Sample label for the Moon rock
• Liftoff and splashdown
• Mission log written as the Moon rock
• Museum label: Moon rocks today
• Mission Control transcript reading
• Name the mission
• Design a mission patch, with three real NASA patches to study
• Egg drop lander design challenge
• Two word searches: a clue hunt and a classic word list
• Think About It opinion questions
• Full answer key, photo credits and sources

Materials: card stock, scissors, white school glue, one brass paper fastener, plus flour, cocoa and marbles for the crater lab.

The cover shows an illustrative depiction of the finished paper model, beside two NASA photos.

You might also like: Mars Rover STEM Pack, a paper rover with real rocker and bogie wheels.