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Astronomy for Kids: Moon Journal (Free Printable)
Use this free printable moon journal to record nightly observations of the moon. You’ll discover all kinds of fascinating things about how the moon travels and notice the various phases of the moon .
This science activity correlates to Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) 1-ESS1-1.
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Kids are always naturally curious about the night sky , especially the moon! Lucy and Theo are always wondering why there are nights we can’t see the moon at all and are especially curious about why it always seems to change.
I decided to create this simple moon journal so we could observe the moon each night and notice the changes that occur as the days go by. (This post contains affiliate links.)
Astronomy for Kids: Free Printable Moon Journal
How to use the moon journal.
1. Print out one copy of the moon journal for each person.
2. Write the starting date at the top of your journal. (You can even use a fun pencil like this one !) Aim to check the moon around the same time each night. Notate the time at the top.
3. Each night observe the moon. Write the date below the small box you will be using and shade in the circle to resemble how the moon looks. Each night the moon will look different and be located in a different part of the sky!
4. Continue recording your observations each night. (On nights we weren’t able to check the moon, we put an ‘x’ over the box, and on nights it was too cloudy, we drew clouds over our moon.)
5. Once your journal is complete, look for patterns. What do notice?
More Information about the Moon
- It takes 29 1/2 days for the moon to go from a new moon back to a new moon.
- Waxing is when the lighted part of the moon gets bigger each night. Waning is when the lighted portion starts getting smaller.
- The moon rises at a different time each day of the month.
- This website has a nice chart with the phases of the moon and a map of the moon.
- You can check your local newspaper to see when the moon is new. There’s also websites like this one .
Moon Diary Homework
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Over the next month we would like you to record what the moon looks like in the sky each day. Draw how much of the moon you can see by shading in the shadowed area. Just step outside once each evening and take a look. If you cannot see the moon because of clouds just draw clouds over the moon.
- 7th Jan, 2016
Todays moon phase is waning crescent and we should be able to see 8% of the moon. There are some clear patches in the sky but i still cant see the moon tonight
- 9th Jan, 2016
tonights moon is a new moon, the moon is in first phase and it will not be visible to us.
we are watching live stream from ISS, they have just passed over South America. You can watch on UStream ISS HD Earthviewing experience. Will be passing just coast of South Africa soon.
- 10th Jan, 2016
Tonight is a new moon again wich means the moon is between the earth and sun so we cant see the moon because the side of the moon we can from earth see is getting no light.
Well done Robyn. You have given us a brilliant explanation.
- 11th Jan, 2016
Have been looking for the moon but i cant see it. It is now in the waxing phase and mums trying to explain what waxing and waning ius and waxing means expanding light and its a crescent becaus less than half is light up.
- 13th Jan, 2016
Today i saw the moon when i got out of the car when i came home from school, it is a crescent moon in the waxing phase.
- 16th Jan, 2016
Cannot see the moon tonight there’s too many clouds full of snow.
- 19th Jan, 2016
the moon is in the waxing phase now and waxing means growing if i could see the moon today it would be more than half of it shining, gibbous means more than half the moon is visible.
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Moon Landing – 8 of the best primary teaching resources
It’s been over half a century since humankind stepped foot on the moon. Teach your pupils about Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the Apollo 11 mission with these resources…
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Well, far away from somewhere . It’s not far away from us. It’s our galaxy.
Yes, your students may be more interested in Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy than the actual reality of space, but they’re probably too young to appreciate a time when a cultural event would help shape our fascination with all things sci-fi.
Around 530 million people watched worldwide as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins landed on the lunar surface, and as Armstrong and Aldrin later stepped out of Eagle, the lunar module.
The landing took place on Sunday 20 July, 1969, at 20:17 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, which handily for us in the UK is the same as GMT). Armstrong stepped down on Monday 21 July at 02:56.
It’s an achievement that has hardly ever been matched – only 10 other astronauts have managed it (all between 1969 and 1972).
This is despite some people’s insistence that it never actually happened:
Almost as impressive was this Apollo 11 insignia which about the Americanest, Mooniest design you could create. It’s ace.
So if you want to take the opportunity around the 50th Anniversary to teach it in class, we’ve picked out some great resources for you.
1 | Moon landing comprehension worksheets
This non-fiction information text covers Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Ideal for KS2, it can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework.
A worksheet with 12 comprehension questions is included, which covers the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.
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2 | Who was Neil Armstrong?
Discover who Neil Armstrong was and how he became the first man to step foot on the Moon in this Nat Geo Kids resource that helps children to learn about the Moon landing.
When did Apollo 11 make its historic landing? What did Neil Armstrong say on the recording he sent back to Earth? What did he do after retiring from space travel? How did he avoid tragedy on the surface of the Moon? Find out in this easy-to-read comic.
Pupils will learn about Neil Armstrong’s background and how it prepared him for his time as an astronaut in our National Geographic Kids’ History and Space primary resource sheet.
Download it here.
3 | Space travel unit of work
In this unit your learners gain an awareness of outer space and space travel, which is developed and embedded through a range of carefully planned and personalised sensory experiences such as poetry, stories, songs, ICT, art and music.
But these activities are merely suggestions, and you can adapt or extend them to suit your learners’ age, cognitive ability and specific needs.
Download the PDF here.
4 | Investigate real Moon rock
When NASA brought back samples from the Apollo space missions, it was incredibly fussy about who got them.
However, the good news is that they did give some to the UK, and schools can get their hands on the rocks through the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) loan scheme.
This lesson plan uses real Moon samples to carry out close observations, compare and contrast materials and describe and evaluate scientific ideas.
5 | Borrow the Moon
The Science and Technology Facilities Council created this site which is full or moon-related resources for Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4.
In KS1 you can create and investigate moon craters and think about how you would survive on the moon.
While in KS2 you can explore where meteorites come from and look at what astronauts did in once they’d landed on the lunar surface.
This, and loads more.
Check it out here.
6 | Newspaper article
If you’re after an example news report for the Moon landing you can get a free one on the Literacy Wagoll Reports and Recounts page .
Or click here to download it.
7 | Actual newspaper reports
If you want a PDF of an actual report from the time, this PDF features three pages from the Daily Mirror from 21 July 1969.
Find it here
8 | Apollo 11 images
If you want some images to share with your class, STEM.org has a bunch here to download freely, from launch to returning to earth
Find them all here.
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Moon Landing Diary Entry Example Text, Feature Identification & Answers
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Age range: 7-11
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Example diary entry text for the Moon landing written as Neil Armstrong, plus writing feature identification worksheet.
Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons.
Contains the following features: language features such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and rule of three; apostrophes for contraction, singular and plural possession; fronted adverbials followed by commas; time conjunctions; chronological order; paragraphs; fully punctuated speech with inverted commas.
The exemplar text recounting the first Moon landing can be used as a WAGOLL for pupils to examine before writing their own diary text.
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The moon travels around the earth..
The revolution of the Moon around the Earth makes the Moon appear as if it is changing shape in the sky. From Earth we see the Moon grow from a thin crescent to a full disk (or full moon) and then shrink back to a thin crescent again before vanishing for a few days. |
| The lit part of the Moon always points the way to the Sun. | |
The lunar phase is the amount of the Moon you can see from Earth depending on how much of it is lit up by the sun. This amount changes each day. |
The moon is illuminated because it reflects the light from the sun. The part of the moon facing the sun is lit up. The part facing away from the sun is in darkness. |
The phases of the Moon depend on its position in relation to the Sun and Earth. As the Moon makes its way around the Earth, we see the bright parts of the Moon's surface at different angles. These are called "phases" of the Moon. |
The phases of the moon work in a cycle starting with the new moon. A complete cycle of the Moon's phases from new Moon to full Moon takes twenty nine and a half days. |
There are eight phases of the moon The phases are named after how much of the moon we can see, and whether the amount visible is increasing, or decreasing each day.
It takes our Moon about 29.5 days to completely cycle through all eight phases. This is known as a Lunar month |
| The Moon orbits near the equator of the Earth. In the northern hemisphere, we're standing on the opposite side of the globe from countries in the southern hemisphere i.e. we are "upside down" from each other! We therefore see the Moon from a completely different vantage point from each other. |
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