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Make a Moon Puzzle!

From SciShow Kids

Make a Moon Puzzle!
5 min1st2nd3rd5thScience
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Summary

“Make a Moon Puzzle!” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It explains the moon and how it changes from night to night. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.

Viewer safety

All ages
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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

This video explains the moon and the way it changes in our sky.

  1. What does this video tell us about the moon?
  2. Have you noticed the moon looking different on different nights?
  3. What pattern could you track by watching the moon for a week?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: moon, phase, orbit, pattern.

Try it: Look for the moon for three nights and draw its shape each time.

Make a Moon Puzzle! — TV on a Rolling Cart