Today, we explored some facts about the moon, as part of our science topic.

Here is what we thought …

Today we learned:

The light we see from the Moon is actually a refelection of light from the sun.

The moon orbits the earth and during this time it seems to change shape. These are called the phases of the moon.

We were able to watch a video in the Science section of Education City which illustrated this really well.

The moon’s gravitational pull creates the tide in our oceans.

We also learned what causes night and day. We found out that the earth rotates once every 24 hours. When it is facing the sun it is daylight and when it is facing away it is night time.

Do you know any facts about the moon you can share with us?