{"id":1761,"date":"2009-09-16T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T21:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1761"},"modified":"2009-09-16T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T21:41:26","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-the-moon-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/16\/teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-the-moon-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: The Moon Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Moon Book<\/a>\u00a0written\u00a0& illustrated by Gail Gibbons describes the phases of the moon,\u00a0it’s\u00a0revolation around Earth, and how we have\u00a0studied the moon.<\/p>\n

The Moon Book, with it’s brightly colored pictures,\u00a0is all about the light in our sky, the moon. “It outshines all the stars and planets, which appear as small points of light.” It goes on to describe how the moon does shine since it doesn’t make it’s own light, and why we see the different shapes, or phases, of the moon. “During a new moon, the moon is almost directly between the sun and Earth. The moon looks dark. We see no reflected light.” It also talks about what people in ancient times thought\u00a0about the\u00a0moon, and the history of Americans traveling to the moon. “In 1961 President John F. Kennedy made a commitment to put Americans on the moon before the end of the decade.” It goes on to talk about the first Americans to get close to, and the first ones to walk on the moon. In the back of the book, it has milestones, legend and stories of, and facts all about the moon.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Moon book is a great resource when you are studying the moon. It talks about\u00a0different\u00a0aspects of the moon from the motions and phases to the historical contributions in understanding the moon. It is connected to the VA SOL Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change 4.7. The student will investigate and understand the relationship among the Earth, moon, and sun.<\/p>\n

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