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Earth and Space Science
You will look for the phases of the Moon.
1 Your teacher will tell you which night to look at the Moon.
Look at the Moon before you go to bed at night.
2 Look at the shape of the Moon. Draw its shape on the
worksheet in your Workbook. Does this shape look like any
of the phases in the picture in Let’s Learn?
3 Wait a week and then make another drawing of the Moon.
Your teacher will tell you when to do this.
4 Wait another week and make another drawing. Your
teacher will tell you when to do this.
5 Wait another week and make your last drawing. Your
teacher will tell you when to do this.
6 Now you have four drawings of the Moon. Can you see a
pattern in the shapes you drew?
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The Moon is a satellite of the Earth. It moves around or orbits
the Earth. The Moon takes 28 days to orbit the Earth.
The planet Jupiter has 79 moons!
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