The Moon, The Hare And The Tortoise

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The Moon, The Hare And The Tortoise
Danisile Ntuli
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Questions

• Who ruled over the earth?
• Why did the moon feel sorry for the people of the
  earth?
• Who did moon trust? Why?
• Who did the Hare meet on his way?
• What did the Hare say to tortoise?
• What happen to hare when he met people?
• Why was moon angry with hare?
• What the Moon do to Hare?
• Did moon do the right thing, when he beat up
  hare?
• What happen to hares lip?
• How did tortoise feel, when he saw hare?
• Which character would you like to be? Hare or
  tortoise? Why?

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Educator Notes -Moon

• The Moon is like a desert with plains, mountains,
  and valleys.
• It also has many craters, which are holes created
  when space objects hit the Moon's surface at a
  high speed.
• There is no air to breathe on the Moon.
• Recently water ice was discovered at the poles
  (or top and bottom) of the Moon.
• The ice is buried beneath some of the dust of the
  Moon's surface.
• Scientists think the ice may be left over from a
  comet that once collided with the Moon.

• The Moon travels around the Earth in an oval
  shaped orbit.
• Scientists think the Moon was formed long ago
  when Earth collided with another space object.
• The collision may have caused a big chunk of
  rocky material to be thrown out into space to
  form the Moon.
• The Moon is a little lopsided.
• Its crust is thicker on one side than the other.
  
• The Moon is much smaller than the Earth. However,
  the pull of its gravity can still affect the
  Earth's ocean tides.
• We always see the same side of the Moon from
  Earth. You have to go into space to see the other
  side.

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Moon Phases

• New Moon
• The side of the moon facing the Earth is not
  illuminated. Additionally, the moon is up through
  out the day, and down through out the night. For
  these reasons we can not see the moon during this
  phase.
• Waxing Crescent
• During this phase, part of the Moon is
  beginning to show. This lunar sliver can be seen
  each evening for a few minutes just after sunset.
  We say that the Moon is "waxing" because each
  night a little bit more is visible for a little
  bit longer.
• First Quarter
• During first quarter, 1/2 of the moon is
  visible for the first half of the evening, and
  then goes down, leaving the sky very dark.
• Waxing Gibbous
• When most of the Moon is visible we say
  it is a Gibbous Moon. Observers can see all but a
  little sliver of the moon. During this phase, the
  Moon remains in the sky most of the night.

• Full Moon
• When we can observe the entire face of
  the moon, we call it a Full Moon. A full moon
  will rise just as the evening begins, and will
  set about the time morning is ushered in.
• Waning Gibbous
• Like the Waxing Gibbous Moon, during
  this phase, we can see all but a sliver of the
  Moon. The difference is that instead of seeing
  more of the Moon each night, we begin to see less
  and less of the Moon each night. This is what the
  word "waning" means.
• Last Quarter
• During a Last Quarter Moon we can see
  exactly 1/2 of the Moon's lighted surface.
• Waning Crescent
• Finally, during a Waning Crescent Moon,
  observers on Earth can only see a small sliver of
  the Moon, and only just before morning. Each
  night less of the Moon is visible for less time.

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Moon Phases

• In the diagram you can see the Moon always has a
  lit side (facing the Sun) and a dark side (facing
  away from the Sun). From the Earth, we can only
  see the part of the Moon that is facing toward us
  at any time (which is often called the near side
  of the Moon) and we cannot see the part of the
  Moon facing away from Earth
• The phase of the Moon, or the shape of the lit
  part of it, that we see at any time is then
  determined by the combination of these two
  factors - which part of the Moon is lit by the
  Sun and visible to Earth at the same time!

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Moon Phase Activity

• Learner Activities

Moon Poster Learners draw a poster based on their
knowledge of the moon. It could include mythical
knowledge as well. Learners can use recyclable
materials to create the poster.
Moon Jigsaw Puzzle Cut a picture of the moon into
8 to 12 pieces. Allow the learners to reconstruct
the picture.
Colour In the Moon Using different images
learners colour in the moon.
Organize the phases of the Moon Draw out all
the Moon phases on pieces of paper and mix them
all up. Let your children arrange them into the
proper order, starting with the new moon going to
the full moon, and then back again.

Moon Characters Learners trace images of persons,
animals and objects they see on the moon. Place
tracing paper over a large image of the moon and
allow the learners to traces the images they see
with a marker.
Paper Plate Moon Phases Draw moon phases on a
paper plate
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Moon Phases Activity

• Learner Activities

Sun, Earth and Moon Model Paper plate ( yellow
or white) Paint yellow (optional) Scissors Metal
fastens Cardboard (Cereal boxes) Crayons/
Markers Instructions Cut out three circles
according to the Earth, Moon and Sun ratio. Paste
the circles on cardboard and colour them in to
represent the sun moon and earth. The educator
needs to assist learners with the correct
celestial bodies. Cut out 2 strips of cardboard
which is 3cm wide . Strip one should be 12cm and
strip two should be 20cm. Connect the short strip
to the earth and moon. Connect the long strip to
the earth and sun. You now have a model of the
sun, earth and moon.
Moon Flip Book Learners create a flip book of
moon phases. Cut along the dotted lines of each
Moon phase. Put them in order according to the
picture. Align the right side of the book and
staple the cover page and the phases together to
create a flip book. Flip through the images to
view the changing phases!
Make craters Drop marbles into a material that
shows how craters can form. To make your lunar
surface, put a layer of a white material, like
flour in a pan to a depth of a few cm. Then cover
it with a thin layer of something dark, like
cocoa powder. When you drop the marbles into the
material, it will create very familiar looking
craters.
Feel Your Weight On The Moon Calculate the
learners weight on the moon by multiplying their
current weight by 0.165. Let the learner stand on
a bathroom scale to determine their real weight.
If they 30kg they will only be 5kg on the moon.
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Sun, Earth, Moon ratio.
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Acknowledgements

• I wish to thank the following people for their
  contributions
• Muneerah Jacobs Cape Town Science Centre
• Francois Taljaard Graphics
• SAASTA Stories of the Southern Skies
• The following websites were used
• NASA
• Lunar Planetary Institute
• Gryphon House