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This composite image was made from NASA Cassini which captured a significant portion of the Moon during a Moon flyby imaging sequence.All three images have been scaled so that the brightness of Crisium basin, the dark circular region in the upper right,

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades 5-8

Subject

Solar System and Planets, Earth's Moon

Type

Interactive Multimedia, Lesson Plans / Activities

Explore the phases of the Moon in this cool 80’s retro-style experience featuring your artificial intelligence (AI) friend LuCIA. Use a model to identify inaccuracies in LuCIA’s coding. Sequence a variety of moon phase diagrams to reprogram her code. Test the new code to improve the clarity of the galaxy image and reprogram her until you see a clear image.

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