The Moon

We talked about the moon in science group yesterday. I had a plastic ball globe and a golf ball we used as the moon to talk about orbit.  Then we talked about how the moon is not a light source. We learned different phases of the moon (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full) and put together a worksheet. We talked about the surface of the moon: it has mountains, valleys, craters, etc. All the info and the worksheet came from this website. We finished up with a moon snack: pb&j sandwiches cut into full moons, quarter moons, crescent moons and gibbous moons with a biscuit cutter.

Did you know that the footprints left by the boots of the Apollo astronauts with be visible on the moon for over 10 billion years because there is no erosion on the moon? Interesting fact I picked up yesterday. I guess I never thought about it before:)