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Moon
Written by Cyahn |
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Did
you know that the moon orbits
the Earth in twenty nine and one half days? The Indians used to measure
their time using the moon's cycle. You may have heard an Indian on a movie
say, "Many moons ago...". That's where our word "month" comes from.
That's just one of many interesting facts about the moon.
The moon is covered with craters. "Craters on the moon are big, round holes with high sides." (Ryback, 2006, p. 11) They were made when big boulders hit it and bounced off. I think some are billions of years old. Sometimes the earth passes between the sun and the moon and blocks the sun's light so it can't reach the moon. When earth's shadow covers all the moon or covers a part of the moon, it is called a lunar eclipse. The moon is about one sixth the size of earth. That's why is has less gravity than earth, but it still has enough gravity that causes our oceans to rise and fall giving us high and low tides.
Back in 1969, humans walked on the moon, and it looks like we are If you want to know more about the moon, just check out the following links: Bibliography: Branley, F. M. (1987). The moon seems to change. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers. Frank, M. S., Jones, R. M., Krockover, G. H., Lang, M.P., McLeod, J.C., Valenta, C. J., & Van Deman, B. A. (2002). Harcourt Science. Harcourt, Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon Ryback, C. (2006). The moon. Milwaulkee, WI: Weekly Reader Early Learning Library.
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The
moon shines because the sun is reflecting off of it. It is a round figure ,but it doesn't always look round. It seems to
change weekly. However, the moon's shape does not change. It's just
that we can only see part of it because of the angle we are looking at it
from Earth. 
going back to the moon again. This time some people are going to live on
the moon to work on experiments and do other missions. That will be so
cool!