Our snack tonight was inspired by the beautiful clear evenings we've been having, affording us some gorgeous views of the moon.We watched a couple of short, online, videos for kids (here, and here), explaining moon phases, and then recreated the waxing and waning of the moon, with Oreo cookies, following a worksheet from the Lunar and Planetary Institute.
Full Moon.
Waning Gibbous.
Third Quarter.
Waning Crescent.
New Moon.
Waxing Crescent.
First Quarter.
Waxing Gibbous.
After the children enjoyed their "moon" cookies, I read parts (the non-big-bang parts) of Seymour Simon's The Moon. The text is a little wordy for younger children, and it is certainly not written from a Christian perspective, but it contains some excellent, and interesting pictures of the moon.It's great to be a homeschooler.
13 comments:
A great idea! Now I am hungry for oreos and milk!
I bet you had no lack of volunteers for this one.
Brilliant and Yummy! I tweeted and facebooked about this! Love all your creative homeschool ideas!
So cute! Now I need to get some gluten free Oreos!
This is an incredibly awesome idea (and quite tasty, too!)
You are so clever.
I love this idea! We just finished off our oreos but I'm going to buy more now that I have a really good excuse!
OK- We have to learn about the phases of the moon now...
Love it - and the book looks interesting (for later). Thanks for sharing the links too!
What an awesome idea. I just hope my kids can keep from eating the oreos long enough to do the project. Big Oreo fans here.
That is pretty stinking awesome and creative! :) I love it!
Blessings,
Val
oh this is fabulous, I'mnot sure the bisucits would last long enough to get through all of the phases.
I must check out that book too.
Thanks for this post! I did this with my girls (ages 4 and 2) today and they had so much fun. I drew numbers on the plate first with chocolate syrup to represent each phase. Then they covered up each number with the corresponding cookie. My 4 year old was so proud to show it off! (And my 2 year old actually finished the activity before plunging the cookies into milk!)
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