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Spotting Craters [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes]

Spotting Craters [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes]

  • Daytime Event
  • Inside Venue
  • Nighttime Event
  • Outside Venue
  • Target Audience
  • Adult, Child, Teen
  • 08/18/2009

Use a flour model of the surface of the Moon to show how shadows show more details than direct light. Participants see the difference between what is observable during a full Moon and a partially dark Moon.

Last Updated: September 4, 2018

 


Video

Tutorial: Spotting Craters

Demonstration of the activity.