This book provides a complete Scope Sequence and Coordination teaching module. First, craters are introduced as a generally observable phenomena. Then, by making craters and by investigating the results, students gain close-up, hands-on experience with impact events and their products. Real crater examples from the Moon and elsewhere are included to allow students to connect their laboratory experiences to phenomena space scientists investigate every day. Interdisciplinary connections are also developed when students use cratering as a foundation to launch investigations into topics traditionally found in separate disciplines. This book contains many ready-to-photocopy images that enable students to examine images of craters from the Earth, the Moon, or other planetary bodies. Activities are divided into the following sections: discovering craters, making craters, impact distributions, kinetic energy and impacts, impacts on Earth, impacts and the history of life, and impact implications. Appendices include background to cratering, a master materials list, introduction to the CD, and a resources list. (JRH)