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With so many planets to explore, a crater-making activity is always a good fit! How did the moon get its craters?  \nWhat about the craters on Earth?  \nWhy do they look the way they do?  \nFind out in this fun science activity as you make your own craters by dropping balls into a tray of flour.  \nSTAR WARS CRATERS  \nSTEM.INL.GOV  \nINSTRUCTIONS  \nPREP WORK  \nThis project is messy. If possible, you should do it outside. If you must do the project inside, lay down a sheet or towels first to make cleanup easier.  \nPROCEDURE  \nFill the baking pan with flour.  \nUse the sieve to put a thin layer of cocoa powder on top of the flour.  \nTry dropping a ball into the pan from about half a meter above it. Optional: Use the meter stick so you can drop from a consistent height.  \nLook at the resulting impact crater. What color is the surface immediately around the crater? How does that compare to the surface of the rest of the pan? How far did the flour and cocoa powder spread? Optional: Use the ruler to measure these distances.  \nTry dropping the same ball from a different height. What does the resulting crater look like?  \nTry dropping balls of different sizes from the same height and examine the resulting craters.  \nYou can even try throwing a ball sideways, so it hits the pan at an angle, instead of coming straight down. How is the resulting impact pattern different from when you dropped the balls straight down?  \nIf needed, smooth out the surface of the pan, and sift a fresh layer of cocoa powder on top.  \nCLEANUP  \nIf you did the project inside, vacuum or sweep up any flour and cocoa powder that got on the floor.  \nWHAT HAPPENED?  \nYou should have found that the bigger the ball, or the faster it was moving, the bigger the resulting crater would be. This is because larger, faster-moving balls have more kinetic energy than smaller, slower-moving balls. This energy is transferred to the flour and cocoa powder when the ball hits the ground, causing it to fly outward, creating the crater (and a mess!). You should also have seen that the impacts churned up the “soil,” bringing some of the white flour to the surface near the impact site. While the pattern around the crater was probably symmetrical if you dropped the ball straight down, sideways impacts would result in asymmetrical patterns as more flour/cocoa powder were thrown in one direction than the other.  \nSTAR WARS CRATERS  \nSTEM.INL.GOV  \nTHE SCIENCE BEHIND IT  \nCraters are round, bowl-shaped depressions surrounded by a ring, like the one shown on the left. Impact craters are made when a meteorite crashes into a planet or moon (as opposed to volcanic craters, which are created when a volcano erupts) . Just like in your science experiment, the size and shape of the crater depends on how big the meteorite was and how fast it was going when it hit the ground. 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