[Lisa fitzpatrick]

I plan to study the moon with my 6th class in September as there are 2 very exciting things happening with the moon that month. The full supermoon on September 17th will be a great novelty especially if we are already learning about the moon and I can imagine the children will be excited to observe this as part of their homework! Also, on the night of 17 September into the 18th, the moon will pass into the earth’s shadow for a partial lunar eclipse. This will be very exciting to explore also. I will introduce the topic early in the month using the paxi and our moon phases video as I feel this explains the moons movements in the sky and the phases of the moon very well. I will get the children to use the moon observation log sheet. The 3rd phase towards the end of the month (the 24th) will provide good opportunities to observe the moon in the skies in the mornings and we will continue into October and it will be still visible in the mornings then. I feel this topic will lead very well into integration for this time of year(Halloween) ie moon silhouette paintings for Halloween, investigating light and shadows, so it’s a great time to study the moon!

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