{"id":1792,"date":"2009-09-19T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T19:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1792"},"modified":"2009-09-19T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T19:17:12","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/19\/teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why does the moon appear to change?\u00a0 What is the moon made of?\u00a0 Why does the moon seem to travel through the sky?\u00a0 Discover the answers in the marvelous book, Moon<\/a>, written by Steve Tomecek and illustrated by Liisa C. Guida.\u00a0 This is a National Geographic Kids “Jump Into Science” book and is geared towards grades 3-4.\u00a0 The content ranges from legends about the moon to brief facts about the scientist Galileo, the astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin.\u00a0 Using kid-friendly language, the author touches on facts and figures relating to distance, diameter, circumference and orbit.\u00a0 The final pages of the book are reserved for a fun, hands-on activity called “Making Craters” involving five simple ingredients that could be completed at school or home.\u00a0 A lively, spotted feline and dazzling firefly grace every page, encouraging children to keep turning the pages to see what they’ll\u00a0discover next.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections
\n<\/strong>This would be a wonderful introductory resource\u00a0for the concepts of patterns of natural events such as day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, tides, revolution and rotation, relative size, position, age and makeup of the earth, moon and sun, and historical contributions in understanding the Earth-moon-sun system.\u00a0 In the state of Virginia, these correlate with SOL 3.8 and 4.7, Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/strong>\u00a0 Click here <\/a>for an exciting phases of the moon animation.
\n*<\/strong>\u00a0 Try this activity<\/a> to simulate the moon’s orbit.
\n*<\/strong>\u00a0 Check out this webpage <\/a>to learn how the phases of the moon got their names.
\n*\u00a0 <\/strong>To foster science process and thinking skills, try: A Moon With a View<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Book:<\/strong> Moon <\/a>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Steve Tomecek
\nIllustrator:<\/strong> Liisa C. Guida
\nPublisher:\u00a0<\/strong>National Geographic Society
\nPublication Date:<\/strong> 2005
\nPages:<\/strong> 31
\nGrade Range:<\/strong> 3-4
\nISBN:<\/strong> 978-1-4263-0250-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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