Dark Side of the Moon

Moon Phases

Grades K-2

The moon appears to be slowly disappearing.

• Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).

• Develop and/or use a model to represent amounts, relationships, relative scales (bigger, smaller), and/or patterns in the natural and designed world(s).

• Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer a question.

• Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

• Make observations (firsthand or from media) to construct an evidence-based account for natural phenomena.

• Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).

• Describe how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) support a scientific or engineering idea.

• Children recognize that patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.

• Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.

• Patterns of movement of the sun, moon, and stars as seen from Earth can be obseved, described, and predicted.

• Patterns of movement of the sun, moon, and stars as seen from Earth can be observed, described, and predicted.