This Winter season, the Art Brains students have been dabbling in lunar geology. Each class spends a little time discussing the history of rock and soil samples collected from the moon and what those samples have told us. Then, they work on creating collecting and studying their own lunar specimens, which are placed on special rock stands and accompanied by detailed information cards. In this small sampling pictured here, you will find specimens formed from crystals, Oreos, fossils, dust, and pizza. There is a moon dragon egg, and a sorcerer's moon rock (whose discovery came at a high cost!). A number of other samples, discovered during this project and having traveled over 200,000 miles to be carefully examined in our lab, reveal that the moon is indeed at least partially made of cheese. I think we've all suspected as much in our heart of hearts, and as much is true in one of my favorite Italo Calvino stories, The Distance to the Moon, which, as it turns out, can be read online right here.
