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3 Unsolved Moon Mysteries

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What do people really know about the moon? Learn about three unsolved moon mysteries: the moon's past magnetic field, lunar sunrises, and what's really inside the moon's craters. An engaging video from the SciShow Space series connects the history of the moon with the history of Earth and shows how similar the moon and Earth really are.

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Concepts

outer space, space, moons, moon exploration, magnetic fields, the earth's magnetic field, the earth's layers, the earth's outer core, gravity, magnetism, atmospheric conditions, light rays, the sun, solar radiation, hypotheses, craters, astrobiology, extraterrestrial life, the earth's history

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

Supplement teaching about the characteristics of the moon
Compare the history of the moon with the history of Earth

Classroom Considerations

Expects learners have some background knowledge of Earth and space science

This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

Narrator is humorous and interesting
Gives good, varying hypotheses for unsolved mysteries

Cons

Last minute of video is advertisement to YouTube channel

Common Core

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