1. Read aloud-- Pa pa, Please Get the Moon for Me b y Eric Carle

2. If we were to go outside right now -- how many of you think you could see the moon?

3. Use your science journal to record what you observed--

4. What did you see? Why do you think it is there?

5. Which picture of the moon does your observation resemble? phases - the way the moon's shape appears during the lunar cycle.

6. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases How does the moon change shape?

7. How long does it take the moon to revolve around earth one time? Hom ework --- Nightly observation to discover lunar changes in shape. Kinesthetic activity by Jennifer:) Revolve ------to move in an orbit around something

10. Wane: to decrease in size W ax: to increase in size

11. Revolve: to move in an orbit <http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season6/moon/vocabulary.cfm> or circle around something R otate: to turn around a center point, or axis, like a wheel turns on a bicycle