Children Look at the Moon THURSDAY

Today, you will create a blog post about your children's book. Crud! You forgot? Ok, sigh, you can pick up a series of books on YouTube by searching for children's literature, or children's books. Here is an example:



Your job is to look through the books and find examples of 5 of the 8 phases of the moon you created with your oreos, and assemble in a table on a blog post (if you find all 8, you get extra credit). Can you work with a partner? Well, to a point....you may not have an identical set of books as another person, or an identical blog post, but you can certainly watch the videos together. You don't really need sound (this is a picture project), but you can use check out speakers from Mrs. Stocks, if you wish.

Assemble in a table on a blog post

Name of Book/Author | Phase of moon shown | Time of Day Shown | Is This Correct?


Of course, to know that requires that you understand a bit about the rising and setting times of the moon. Here is a rough estimate, but it varies a bit on how much of a gibbous, or a crescent, is visible.

New moon: rise at 6 am, set at 6 pm
Waxing crescent: rise at 9 am, set at 9 pm
Waxing half: rise at noon, set at midnight
Waxing gibbous: rise at 3 pm, set at 3 am
Full moon: rise at 6 pm, set at 6 am
Waning gibbous: rise at 9 pm, set at 9 am
Waning half: rise at midnight, set at noon
Waning gibbous: rise at 3 am, set at 3 pm

Also, in your blog post, answer the following questions:

a) if you are trying to defeat night burglars, what part(s) of the lunar cycle will cause you the most trouble?
b) if someone gets a ticket during a full moon at 10 pm, can they use the defence that the moon got in their eyes because it was rising before them?
c) what does the pseudoscience statement, "the crazies come out during a full moon" have wrong with it?
d) when are the best times of the lunar cycle to stargaze?
e) do illustrators, in general, understand the cycle of the moon? Explain your reasoning.

Questions about your review sheet? TWITTER ME, and I'll respond for the group.