One day at a Time

It is time the Moon Journal. In 3rd grade, every child gets to complete a Moon Journal. We watch the Moon every night to see the different phases it goes through. For 2 weeks, we do this. It is actually a lot of fun. We learned a lot about the moon, and Jake was quite creative with his descriptions of what he saw, felt and heard. There was a lot of nights that we could not see the moon because it was raining. We received a lot of rain in February. At the end of the 2 weeks of watching the Moon, a parent, Mrs. Mcgaha organizated a Moon Horse ride. I know it was a Sunday, but we let Jake go with his class. One of those once in a lifetime experiences.

Jake's horse was named Diego. He looked so cute up there and was so excited.

Off they go! The trip lasted one hour. We were sure that the Moon was going to show itself.

Back from the trip, but where is the Moon?

His classmates.

The Moon finally showed itself. And it was beautiful

Facts about the Moon:

The Moon takes about 27 days (27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way around the Earth and return to its starting position.

The Moon is 4.5 billion years old.

The Moon is about 250,000 miles (384,400 kilometres) from Earth.
Travelling by car: Travelling by rocket: Travelling by light speed:
130 days13 hours1.52 sec

The Moon has no atmosphere

Water was discovered on the moon in November 2009
There is no wind or weather on the moon.
The footprints left there by the Apollo astronauts will remain there for millions of years because of this.