ScienceSpace exploration

Grades 4–8

Moon Landing Paperweight

Safety Tips• Caution students that clay is not to be eaten.• If students get paint or marker on their hands, have them wash with soap and water.

Directions:Materials:

Why use DAS® Air Hardening Modeling Clay?

1. Have a student fold the paper in half lengthwise and draw an American flag on both sides.

2. Instruct her to unfold the paper, spread glue on the plain side, and then wrap the flag around one end of the craft stick.

3. Next, have her mold a lump of clay into a half sphere and set it on a surface flat-side down.

4. Have her use the scrubber to roughen the surface of the clay; then press the cork and the pencil into the clay to make craterlike impressions.

5. Have her press the craft stick into the clay to display the flag. Then allow the clay to air-dry.

6. Finally, assign each student a topic from your solar system studies. Have your students review their textbooks and other research materials to select eight to ten interesting facts about the assigned topic. Have students write these on a large index card to accompany their paperweights.

White DAS® Air Hardening Modeling Clay

red and blue Prang® Washable Art Markers, Prang® 5.5 mm Triangular Colored Pencils, or Prang® Soy Crayons

2” x 6” white paper stripcraft stickpot or vegetable scrubberbottle corkTiconderoga® PencilPrang® Glue Stickindex card

This safe-to-use, super-pliable product dries in 24 hours or less. Clay can be painted or decorated wet or dry with almost any art medium. Best of all, this clay doesn’t require oven baking, eliminating a major step in the modeling process. Made from natural ingredients, AP certified nontoxic.