Make the moon change shape tonight
A 5-minute flashlight-and-ball experiment for parents and teachers to try with little ones.
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- A flashlight-and-ball experiment, with pictures
- A Moon Spotter chart to fill in together
- A color-the-sunny-side page
What's inside
Three pages, one clear night
The experiment
The flashlight is the Sun, a ball is the Moon, and your child is Earth. Turn slowly and watch the "moon" go dark, thin, half and full.
Moon Spotter chart
Look up together and draw the shape you see. Watch it change from night to night.
Color the sunny side
The moon is always round. Color the half the Sun is lighting up.
How it works
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Watch it, then try it
Where did the moon go?
Remy wonders where the moon went, and finds out it never left. Watch together first, then grab the flashlight.
Made by a real person
What's That, Remy? makes cartoons for ages 3–7 that answer the questions little ones ask. Every fact is checked before it's animated. Free to print for home and classroom.
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