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Grade 2 Science · World 3: Moon Watch · Level 18
The Moon Shines
The moon doesn't make light; it reflects the sun's light.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 18
- The moon is a big ball of rock. It travels around Earth, about once a month.
- The moon doesn't make its own light. It shines because sunlight bounces off it, like light bouncing off a mirror. That's called reflecting.
- Some things make their own light: the sun, a lamp, a candle. Others only reflect it: the moon, a mirror, a bike reflector.
- You can sometimes see the moon in the daytime, too! Look for it in the blue sky.
- Your turn! Sort these: do they make light, or reflect it?
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S2E2.d — Use data from personal observations to describe, illustrate, and predict how the appearance of the moon changes over time in a pattern. (Students are not required to know the names of the phases of the moon or understand the tilt of the Earth.)