Students will record the features of the night sky every night for a month, recording the way the shape of the moon changes throughout the month.
This forms part of the Year 1 Earth and Space Sciences Unit - The Sky and Landscape.
Describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life.
Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape
Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape; daily and seasonal changes affect everyday life
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources
You could choose to allow each member of the class to take the worksheet home for one night in the month and record their observations.
Alternatively, you could take a photograph of the moon and record it as a class the following day.