Sizing Up the Moon

by: Page Keeley and Cary Sneider

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the size of the Moon. The probe is designed to find out if students understand the idea that something huge can appear to be small if we see it from a great distance, and and to find out if they are able to apply that idea to realizing that the Moon is much bigger than it appears to be.

Grade Levels

Elementary High School Middle School

Topics

Assessment Astronomy Earth & Space Science Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

Details

Type Book ChapterPub Date 5/29/2012Stock # PB307X_17

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Susan German (Hallsville, MO)
Susan German (Hallsville, MO)

This probe looks at apparent size

The probe will look to see if students understand that very large objects look smaller at long distances. The teacher materials provides suggestions for best use of the probe.

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