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Description

Observe the Moon in the daytime or night-time & draw what you see

Resources

pencils
A4 paper
Circular objects to be traced around (plates, cups, bowls, jars)

Instructions

Aim of Badge
To understand our place in space.
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Introduction
The Moon orbits the Earth in about a month. As it goes around the Earth, we see different amounts of the lit-up side. When we see all the lit-up side we are looking at a Full Moon. When we see only a little bit of the lit-up side we call this a crescent moon.
A Full Moon rises as the Sun is setting and can be seen all night long.
A First Quarter Moon (looks like half a moon) can be seen in the afternoon one week before a Full Moon, a Third Quarter Moon can be seen in the mornings one week after the Full Moon.

Instructions
Find out in advance when a suitable phase of the Moon is visible for your meeting time. For afternoon meetings – a First Quarter Moon, for evening meetings – First Quarter Moon to Full Moon, for morning meetings – a Third Quarter Moon. A good place to look is https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/
Before you go outside, have each Ladybird trace a big circle onto a piece of paper. Then they can shade in the circle to show the shape of the Moon that they see.
Go outside with your unit and look for the Moon. Is it rising? (near the horizon?) What colour is the Moon? What shape is the Moon? Can the Ladybirds see “the man in the Moon” or the “Jade Rabbit in the Moon”?
Ladybirds can shade in their circle (unless they are looking at a Full Moon), colouring in the dark part of the Moon and leaving white the lit-up part of the Moon Tell the Ladybirds one of the stories of the Moon from around the World.

Acknowledgement/Source
Source of Moon Stories: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/MoonStoriesASP2019.pdf

Tags

• interest badge
• moon
• space

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