Look at the crater the marble stone has made.
Marbles flour crater.
Simulate what happens when a meteor hits the moon using flour and marbles or small toys.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 a few times so that you can see several craters.
The greater an object s velocity the larger its impact crater.
When dropped from a given height the greater the volume the larger the crater.
To make a model of the surface of the moon drop the marbles into the pan the marbles act as the crashing asteroids and comets.
Drop them onto your moon surface.
When dropped from a given height the greater the mass the larger the crater.
Gather some marbles and balls of different sizes and weights.
Don t pack it down the surface should be powdery like the moon.
You can experiment with dropping the marbles at various distances from the moon s surface.
Fill the pan about 2 cm deep with flour lightly sprinkle the drinking chocolate to cover the entire surface.
Do different balls and marbles make different kinds of craters.
1 2 cup of cooking oil.
You can just drop them to start and if your child has good aim feel free to throw the marbles into the flour.
The book also suggests using different materials to make layers like sand flour and cocoa.
How to make moon dough.
Have children reexamine the images of craters on the moon or mars.
Fill a tray with sand or flour.
Add 4 cups or so of any baking flour to a bowl.
The sizes of the craters depends on the sizes of the marbles or toys and the drop height.
4 cups of baking flour.
Discuss with your child how and why the craters are forming.
Making craters with marbles.
Marbles and different sized balls.
Meteorites are huge rocks that crashed into earth and the moon at high speeds a long time ago.
Carefully remove the marble stone from the flour.