Page 34 - York Global Science 1 - Earth & Space
P. 34
The Moon looks different on different nights.
Sometimes it looks like this:
On other nights it looks like this:
And sometimes we cannot see any Moon.
This is because the Moon is in different places when it goes
around the Earth. This makes it look different.
This activity will help you understand the Moon’s journey:
1 Your teacher will use a light. The light is like the Sun. You will
use a ball on a stick to be the Moon. You will be the Earth.
2 Hold the ‘Moon’ out with your arm straight. Hold it facing
the light. The light cannot get to the side of the ‘Moon’ that is
facing you. So that side of the Moon will be dark. We will not
see the Moon from Earth.
34
