Reply To: Module 2 – The Moon, the Earth and the Sun

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I would choose the activity set ‘The Moon’.

Engage;

Introduction: Listening to the recording of the man landing on the moon & showing a visual of the moon. Eliciting the children’s prior knowledge of the moon, what it is like, size, shape, colour, does anyone live there, why not?  Asking the children how did the man get to the moon etc.

Investigate:

Showing the children various images of the moon paying particular attention to craters. Explaining what a crater is. Experiment with basins of flours and a few round items that the children can drop into the flour to understand the concept of the crater. Discuss.

Elicit from the children the different shapes of the moon and at what times of the day/night do we see them. List on the board.

Teach the phases of the moon and show a youtube video on it. Record phases on the whiteboard with names. Divide children into groups. Distribute paper plates. in groups they must create the various phases of the moon with a black crayon and paper plates and lots of discussion!

Conclusion:

Groups present their phases of the moon to the class. Finish with reading Chris Hatfield’s book ‘The darkest dark’

 

 

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