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Moon Around Earth

Open to everyone until Monday, September 28

To keep it, print it while it is open.

The Moon is a rocky ball that travels around our planet Earth. One full trip around Earth takes a little more than 27 days.

In the picture

  1. Earth: the blue planet the Moon travels around
  2. The Moon: a grey rocky ball that circles Earth
  3. The dotted track: the route the Moon follows to loop around Earth once in a little over 27 days

Examples

  • A ball on a string swung around your hand keeps circling you.
  • The Moon’s bright shape seems to grow and shrink over about four weeks.

Carry on in the app

Three questions on this lesson, to check the idea stuck. Free in the app while the lesson is in the free week.

At least one new illustrated lesson every weekday for your child’s year, with its quiz and a reminder at 6:15 pm.

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Astronomy, Age 8