PBS
Nova: To the Moon
This companion website of a NOVA program that aired in 1999 features extensive information that focuses on moon research and includes a history of the Apollo missions as well as the science of the moon's origins.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Moon Formation and Earth
Students learn about the giant impact hypothesis for the Moon's formation, and how the Apollo Moon rocks have contributed to scientists' understanding of the Moon.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: The Moon
A study of the moon that centers on its origin, its structure, and its behavior.
Harvard University
Harvard University: Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Moon
In this online textbook, students explore the phases of the moon, the moon's orbit, the origin of the moon, and the tides. Includes numerous inquiry-based activities.
Other
Planetary Science Institute: The Origin of the Moon
This resource argues that the moon was formed from debris resulting from an impact to the Earth 4.5 billion years ago.
Other
Lunar and Planetary Institute: Wham! Moon!
For this hour long activity, "children color images of the latest scientific data depicting the Moon's formation to create their own comic strips of our Moon's birth" using a variety of art supplies and books as resources.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Our Nearest Neighbor: The Moon
Material to begin an exploration of the Moon, theories about its origin, and its history's relationship to our Earth's history. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on the Moon's movement,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Formation of the Moon Study Guide
Review the formation of the moon using this study giude.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Moon Over 4.5 Billion Years Old
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article uses research connected to the element tungsten-182 found on the Moon to develop theories as to the age of the Moon and the formation of the Moon.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Cosmic Consummation
After a dramatic introduction to the "Love affair," between Earth and Theia, this site gives support to the claim that the moon was created by a collision between these two planets. Also contains a brief bibliography.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Moon Theories
[Free Registration/Login Required] Where did our moon come from? This flipchart encourages students to think and vote on a theory.