Moon Unit

This week we studied the moon.  Learned the lunar phases and that the moon is the earth's only natural satellite.  It's the 5th largest moon in the solar system.  The moon orbits the earth every 27.3 days.

LUNAR PHASES

Learned the parts of the moon that we see at night is where the sun is shining or reflecting off it.  

BOOK: PAPA, PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME

Kanani really likes this book so she made a moon with a face on it (the craters on the moon looked like a face).  She made circles with glue and then we let it dry overnight.  

MOON PHASE

Made a plate of the lunar phases so we could use it at night to look at the moon.  Forget to take a picture of her using it.  

MOON SAND

We made moon sand to go with our unit for the week.  Very easy to make and lots of fun playing with it afterwards, it's really soft too.

Ingredients:  4 cups of play sand

                      2 cups of corn starch powder

                      1 cup of water

                      a couple drops of food coloring or 

                     2 tbsp of colored powder paint

Mix the sand and the corn starch in a large bowl until combined.

Then add the water very slowly, mixing it in as you go.  By the end it should be well combined  and the consistency is like a crumbly pastry mix.  If it doesn't hold together when forming a ball then add a little bit more water until its to your liking.  Once this is done add the food coloring and mix.  The only downfall with using food coloring is getting your hands stained by it, which will wash off.  You could always substitute the food coloring with colored powder paint, we used what we had on hand.

MOON JOURNAL

We looked at the moon every night and documented what phases the moon was every day.  

This was really a interesting lesson and we learned a lot of things about the moon we never knew.