Moon shapes and star patterns: K to 2nd science
Patterns of the sun, moon and stars. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: patterns of the sun, moon and stars.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Why does the moon change shape?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: moon shapes and star patterns.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: The Moon's Shapes (https://peabody.kids/world/science/science-moon-shapes)
- Learn: Long days, long nights (https://peabody.kids/space/school/long-and-short-days)
- Try: Quiz: Moon shapes (https://peabody.kids/space/quiz/moon-shapes)
- Make: When is my shadow longest? (https://peabody.kids/science-fair/projects/k-shadow-steps-time)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about moon shapes and star patterns, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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