Kids Activity - Look for dark plains of Moon

With the help of image below try to spot the different dark plains on the Moon.

These dark patches are formed because of volcanic eruption in ancient times.

This Activity could be done with / without Binocular /Telescope.  


Cropped Image credit-Photo by Neven Krcmarek on Unsplash . Further Arrows and Names of dark plains are added by Me.


Original Image credit-Photo by Neven Krcmarek on Unsplash . Further Arrows and Names of dark plains are added by Me.

Below is translation of above text in Portuguese by Elaine (Teacher from Brazil,In São Paulo)

Atividade para crianças - Procure planícies escuras da lua

 Com a ajuda da imagem abaixo tente localizar as diferentes planícies escuras da lua.

 Essas manchas escuras são formadas por causa da erupção vulcânica nos tempos antigos.
 Esta atividade pode ser realizada com / sem binóculo / telescópio.

Nota; Cropped Image credit-Photo por Neven Krcmarek no Unsplash.  Mais setas e nomes de planícies escuras são adicionados por mim.

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