This week in Science we have been learning about the different phases of the Moon. The Moon orbits the Earth, and as this happens the Moon’s appearance when viewed from the Earth changes because different parts of the Moon are illuminated at different times. This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes.

We used cookies and cream biscuits to create a memorable diagram of the phases of the moon. We worked in pairs to order and name the different phases in the cycle. There are eight moon phases involving these shadows: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent.

We used the biscuit cream to make the different shapes needed. ‘Waning’ means that we can see less of the Moon. Waxing means that we can see more of the Moon. It takes around 28 days for the Moon to complete one orbit around the Earth.

We enjoyed participating in this task and used our biscuit diagram to help us draw and label diagrams in our Science books.

Here are some comments made by the children about the lesson:

‘I liked today’s lesson. It was delicious!’ – Kenda

‘I liked the lesson. It was fun and memorable.’ – Nakshatra

‘It helped me to learn the names and the cookies we delicious.’ – Fabian

‘Using the cookies helped make the names of the Moon more memorable.’ – Sinead

‘It was a different type of lesson. It was fun!’ – Lola