Space Unit - Moon

We continued our Space Unit by studying the moon. J read to us  from several library books. I love finding books on topic that she can read on her own!

Kaleb actually joined in on some of the activities. Lately, he has been too busy with his cars to join us (in his jammies).

She read about the phases of the moon and even began a moon phase journal. For 2 weeks, she charted the moon to discover the phases for herself.

She wrote about what she would do if she traveled to the moon.

We found these great books on Space/Moon. Each book has a code for some online content to enforce what we learned from reading the book. So we spent some time on the computer for our learning. We got to see some videos about the moon.

The experiment for the week was making craters like those on the moon. This was a little messy but not too bad. I placed a small layer of rice in the bottom of a pan and then added flour. She chose four different objects to drop into the flour and then she measured the size of the craters.

I took pictures of each item next to the crater it formed. We will print these out and place on our experiment sheet.

I found a small toob of planets which I used for the sensory bin of the week. I added black beans, glow-in-the-dark planets and stars, and some pom poms for moons. This tied in nicely for Kaleb since we were rowing Goodnight Moon. I love when this happens! Next week, we are learning about Mercury and Venus. J has learned so much, she has truly enjoyed this unit study. I am pleased that we veered away from the curriculum and went on our "rabbit trail."

Links

Amy Darley - her TPT store has a free printable science experiment packet on  making moon craters.

A Day in First Grade - has a free printable book about the moon as well as links to some cute videos about the moon phases and the planet song.

E is for Explore - has some recipes for moon sand and space putty.

Learn Play Imagine - has a recipe for erupting moon rocks and moon dough.

Fairy Dust Teaching - has great recipe for Galaxy Dough.

Sun Hats and Wellie Boots - has super cute craft idea for I love You to the Moon and Back. This is a saying that my mom and J use. This would be a cute card for Valentine's Day.

Science @ Home - has a moon crater experiment.