You asked for it !

You tell me why scientists believe the APOLLO missions are real.

Assignment:

1. Read and listen to

The Great Moon Hoax Moon rocks and common sense prove Apollo astronauts really did visit the Moon. From NASA news.

2. Read

"The Moon Hoax Is A Hoax"

3. Complete

WILD WORDS For A Hoax!

4. Read

Hoax Happens -- Hoaxes have been happening for a long time! Read about some fabulously famous hoaxes and then give your students a chance to create their own hoax!

5. Complete for extra credit

Making Hoax Happen

6. Read

The Columbus Hoax: A Satire -- "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" -- but did he? In this satirical essay, suitable for older kids, Michael J. Finley pokes fun at the Moon Hoaxsters by making up a hoax of his own.

7. Explore the follwoing links to explain 5 pieces of evidence supporting the APOLLO missions to the moon. For each piece of evidence state who is providing this evidence.

Four Facts
about
the Moon Hoax

Conspiracy theorists are perpetuating a hoax. They say NASA astronauts never landed on the Moon. In fact, a dozen Americans have walked on the Moon and the Apollo program really did happen. [more]

The word "hoax" was invented on the American frontier around the year 1800. It was a form of the word "hocus", part of a fake Latin phrase hocus-pocus, used by jugglers to mean "something that fools your eyes."
[more]

The latest installments of the Moon Hoax came in February and March, 2001, when the Fox television network aired a show called
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? Don't be a victim of this long-running fakery! [more]

Astronauts returned 841 pounds of genuine rocks from the Moon. Science proves that they could not have come from anywhere else. Rock-hard facts -- plus more than 400,000 actual eye-witnesses -- prove that the Apollo program really happened.
[more]

Proof Positive
Five Reasons to Believe

CLICK HERE!



Moon Hoax Starting Points

Fox TV and the Apollo Moon Hoax -- Phil Plait, curator of BadAstronomy.com, debunks the Moon Hoax.

The Van Allen Belts and Travel to the Moon -- Would astronauts travelling to the Moon have been killed by cosmic radiation? Find out at this site.

Why is this flag waving on the Moon? -- It's not! Learn more about the infamous rippling flag.

The Apollo Moon Landings: Were they all a hoax?
-- This web site ponders the dubious 'evidence' that NASA faked the whole Apollo program.

Moon Rocks -- Between 1969 and 1972, six Apollo space flight missions brought back 382 kilograms (841 pounds) of rocks, sand and dust from the Moon.

Comments on the Moon Hoax -- from University of Arizona astronomer Jim Scotti

Apollo 11 Photo Gallery -- stunning photos from the first mission to land humans on the Moon.

America's Lost Moon -- Jim McDade, Director of Technology at the UAB School of Business, comments on the Moon Hoax following his public debate with one of the hoaxsters.

The Apollo Program -- A collection of web links from NASA Headquarters

For more information, please read "The Great Moon Hoax" courtesy of Science@NASA.

Nasa kids: The Moon Landing Hoax March 30, 2001 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in 1969.

Related News

February 23, 2001:
The Great Moon Hoax -- Moon rocks and common sense prove Apollo astronauts really did visit the Moon.

July 19, 1999: Apollo 11 Experiment Continues -- Mirrors left on the lunar surface 30 years ago by the Apollo 11 astronauts continue to return data to scientific centers around the world.



Adapted for our classroom use from
Thursday's Classroom
www.ThursdaysClassroom.com

04-12-01