Resources
- Water basins
- 9×12” white drawing paper
- Glue sticks
- Scissors
- Circle templates to trace or small cups or bowls of equal size
- White pencils
- Long strips black poster board
- Square plastic bowls
- Dish soap
- Stars
- Black food coloring
- Faces of the Moon by Boy Crelin
- So That’s How The Moon Changes Shape by Allan Fowler
Fine Art Standards
- TEXTURE The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
- GEOMETRIC AND ORGANIC SHAPES Geometric shapes – circle, triangles, or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don’t often appear in nature. Organic shapes – are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.
Integrated Standards
- SCIENCE OBJECTIVES The student will describe the appearance of the Earth and the Moon. The student will describe the movement of Earth and the moon and the apparent movement of other bodies through the sky.
- LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES The student will develop language through listening and speaking. The student will identify specific purposes for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained.)
- The student will learn new words through listening and reading widely. The student will use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading and discussing a variety of genres.
Objectives
The students will learn about the Earth, the moon and the sun, their places in the solar system and how they move through space. They will learn how to create the texture of the moon with bubbles and then how to create a collage displaying the phases of the moon.