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How Come the Moon Has Craters Song

From Ready Jet Go! · 2016

How Come the Moon Has Craters Song
2 minPre-KK1st2ndScienceMusic
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Summary

A Ready Jet Go! music clip on PBS LearningMedia. A catchy song explains, in a verse kids can hum, how space rocks crashing into the moon left behind all its craters. A sing-along way to remember how craters form.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A toe-tapping song about the bumps and dents that cover the moon.

  1. What does the song say made the moon's craters?
  2. What is your favorite line from the song?
  3. What shape is a crater?
  4. Why is a song a fun way to remember science?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: moon, crater, song, space rock, impact.

Try it: Make up one new line for the craters song. Sing it to a partner.

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