Sunday Science: The Moon is Made of Oreos, not Cheese...

We have moved away from our

Electricity study for a bit

and moved into a 

Space Study.

We were inspired to do so by

THIS Almanack.

(You can see how it guided us

to do some star-gazing

by clicking HERE...)

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After looking at the stars

during a full moon,

I felt it would be appropriate to 

learn more about the 

Phases of the Moon.

We began our evening of

"moon phasing fun"

by watching...

...Muppets in Space.

I know, I know,

not very educational,

but it set the tone for the evening...

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After the movie,

we went to the kitchen table

to look at...

...DK's First Space Encyclopedia.

(We will be using this book throughout

our space unit.)

We focused on the pages...

...that described the phases of the moon.

As we went through the pages,

we also completed...

...THIS

Moon Phases Dial.

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In order to review

what we just learned,

I was inspired by an idea from my

Super Science Pinterest Board

called

Oreo Moon Phases.

I created THIS chart

for the kiddos to

lay out their Oreos on.

After giving each kiddos a few Oreos

to work with,

I let...

...the licking begin!

Side note:

You can use THIS pdf to help

teach Oreo Moon Phases-

it looks pretty useful.

We didn't use it because I did not discover it

until AFTER we completed this lesson...

*SIGH*

Once the kiddos...

 ...had all their Oreos in place,

it was time to eat!

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While the kiddos ate,

I read to them...

...Mooncake

by

Frank Ashe.

What a SWEET way to end the evening...

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head on over to 

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