In science we have been studying the phases of the moon. We have done a whole-class short focused research project on this topic. First we read the book Phases of the Moon by Gillia M. Olson and then we read Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin (we read a lot of other books two but these were the sources for our research project). Then we reread book to study the phases one at a time. After we reread and visualized each page, we looked at the illustration of it and drew our own version of that phase with white chalk on black circles.
We have learned the big idea that the moon doesn't really change shape; it is always a ball. But it appears to change shape depending on where it is in its orbit around the earth and how much of the lit-up side we can see. We wrote a group report to summarize what we had learned. We learned great vocabulary like waxing (growing) and waning (shrinking) as we talked about the cycle. The cycle of the moon phases each month is one of nature's fascinating patterns!
We have learned the big idea that the moon doesn't really change shape; it is always a ball. But it appears to change shape depending on where it is in its orbit around the earth and how much of the lit-up side we can see. We wrote a group report to summarize what we had learned. We learned great vocabulary like waxing (growing) and waning (shrinking) as we talked about the cycle. The cycle of the moon phases each month is one of nature's fascinating patterns!
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