Interesting facts about the Moon for children and adults

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE MOON.

Target:

Continue to introduce children to space. Expand knowledge about the Earth’s natural satellite – the Moon. Replenish children's vocabulary with new words on the topic. Cultivate curiosity, intelligence, and interest in space.

(The material can be used in classes, during morning and evening conversations).

Night comes - She rises. It shines in the sky, dispels the darkness. (Moon)

The moon is part of the solar system. It moves around the Earth all the time. For this, the Moon was even nicknamed the Earth's satellite. What do you think the word satellite means?

(A person who makes a journey with someone.)

figurative meaning

(What accompanies something appears along with something.)

The Earth attracts the Moon to itself and does not allow it to move away. The Moon is much smaller than the Sun and smaller than the Earth. The surface of the Moon is covered with the finest sand and lunar dust.

The fact is, guys, that there is no air at all on the Moon. And you and I know that wind is the movement of air. If there was a wind blowing on the Moon, then these footprints... Let's see what would happen to them. How can you create wind? That's right, blow. ( Children blow, the traces disappear)

. Now let's look at the adjacent sheet. Due to the fact that there is no wind on the Moon, the footprints of the astronauts will remain on it forever.

And on the surface of the moon there are high mountains, much higher than on Earth (puts plasticine mountains) on the model and deep holes (craters). There are no such deep depressions on Earth. Scientists have found that they were formed from the fall of meteorites on the surface of the planet. Let's try to see how this happens.

Experience:

The teacher hands out stones to the children and tells them that they are meteorites. Offers to reproduce the process of falling meteorites by throwing stones into a container with “moon dust” ( sand or flour

). Falling stones create holes.

There is not only no air on the Moon, but also no water. Think about whether living beings live there? Why?

Since the Moon attracts to its surface weaker than the Earth, you could easily lift such a table on the Moon (points to the table or something else).

On the Moon, without any extra effort, just by jumping up, you could touch this ceiling with your hand.
Also, simply pushing off, they could jump 10-20 m long (from one wall of the room to the other).
Do we always see the Moon as a full circle? And the sun? Have you ever wondered why this happens? The sun, like an electric light bulb, emits light itself, and the moon only reflects the light of the sun.

Sometimes we don't see the Moon at all in the sky. This appearance is called a new moon

A few days later we already see the Moon like this (places an image of the next lunar phase on the flannelgraph).

A few more days later - like this
(places an image of a quarter of the waxing Moon).
If you draw a line down so that you get the letter P, it means that the Moon is now growing.

In the morning I see from the window, the early moon in the sky. To distinguish it, we need to put a stick on the semicircle and get the letter R there.

After some time we see the Moon like this (places an image of the full Moon)

This type of Moon is called
a full moon
.
Then the Moon will decrease and after a while it will take this form (places an image of a quarter of the waning Moon on the flannelgraph)
. Then the Lunar disk will shrink again and finally take on this form (places an image of the next phase of the Moon). All that will remain of the Moon is a sickle, similar to the letter C. They say that the Moon is waning and aging.

The crescent moon floated across the sky, the crescent bent towards harm. And that’s why the letter S shone from heaven for us. (G. Sapgir)

Why is the Moon always visible from only one side?

There is no secret here: the periods of revolution of the Moon around its own axis and around the Earth are the same, and for this reason the Moon faces the Earth all the time with only one side. In other words, the Moon “turns” at the same speed as it “flies” in our sky, so at the same moment in time we can observe the same picture on its surface.

At the same time, it is not entirely correct to say that we see “one side” of our planet’s satellite - in fact, about 59% of the Moon’s surface is visible from the earth, that is, almost two-thirds of the lunar disk. We call that part of the Moon that is not visible to an observer from Earth the far side of the Moon .

The far side of the Moon was first photographed by the Soviet lunar station Luna 3 in 1959.

The visible side of the Moon (left) and the far side of the Moon (right)

Composition of the Moon's surface - an explanation for children

Parents or at school can explain to the youngest children that our satellite is a rocky world. It has many craters created by asteroid impacts millions of years ago. Since there is no weather there, they are preserved in their original form.

This image of the lunar surface was taken by Apollo 10 astronauts in May 1969.

Composition by weight: oxygen (43%), silicon (20%), magnesium (19%), iron (10%), calcium (3%), aluminum (3%), chromium (0.42%), titanium (0.18% ) and manganese (0.12%).

Traces of water were found on the lunar surface, which could have appeared from the depths. Also, hundreds of pits were found there, where there were devices that had been on the satellite for a long period of time.

Why do they say that there are seas and oceans on the Moon?

We used to call the dark areas of the surface of the Moon that we can see from Earth “lunar seas.” In fact, of course, these “seas” do not contain (and never did contain) water, and the sonorous names came to us from antiquity, when ancient astronomers thought that the Moon, like the Earth, had its own seas and oceans.

In fact, the dark areas of the Moon's surface were formed as a result of volcanic eruptions and are filled with basaltic deposits that appear much darker than the surrounding rocks.

Geography for kids

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Lesson twenty-one Geo-tale “How the Moon appeared”

Once upon a time there lived an Architect of the Universe who created all the planets and stars. One day he sent his assistants, winged builders, to find out if everyone was happy with his work.

“I like everything,” said Planet Earth, “but I’m bored, I have no one to talk about my space problems with.”

“Ah,” the astronomer sighed, “everything is fine, but the stars and other planets are so far away that I couldn’t see anything with my telescope, which means I was in vain learning to count, measure and observe.”

“At night, when I have to compose, I feel very sad,” the poet mourned, “nothing inspires me!”

“Nothing but a monotonous horizon pleases us when our husbands and brothers go fishing,” said the women of the fishing village on the seashore. – We lose track of the days, everything is always the same.

“And I,” said the little girl, “are scared when after sunset it becomes dark and dark, and the stars are so small that their light is still not enough.”

The Architect thought and thought and created the Moon.

How happy the Earth was! Now she has a friend who is always running next to her in her orbital path around the Earth (the Moon also needs physical education!), and they can chat with her about everything in the world.

How surprised the astronomer was when, even without a telescope, he saw a huge white ball very close to the Earth! He immediately began to count and measure, to observe the movement of the Earth's satellite. Oh, what happiness - now his knowledge will not be lost!

The poet, seeing the night beauty, immediately fell in love with her (however, as a poet should), and he began to compose songs, sonnets and even poems for children, and all this is about the Moon. And he was happy.

The fishermen, leaving to fish, now began to say: “I’ll be back in 9 tides!”, because now the Moon, passing by, attracted the waters of the seas and oceans with its mass, and the waters either rose to the pier, or stood much lower than it. And the women of the fishing village watched the ebb and flow of the tides, and it seemed to them that the waiting time had become shorter.

But the little girl was most happy: she was not afraid after sunset. Now every night the Moon smiled at her from the dark sky!

GEOdictionary

The moon is a satellite of our planet. The moon revolves around the Earth. Each planet has its own Moon, some planets even have several. But the Earth has only one. But what a one! A lot of things happen thanks to the Moon: ebbs and flows exist because of it, it’s light at night, and the lunar calendar was invented, and... You can’t list everything at once!

From afar, the Moon is very small, but compared to the stars it seems like a giant. What is she really like? Let's compare!

The circumference of the Moon is almost four times smaller than the circumference of the Earth.

The Earth's weight is 81 times that of the Moon. This means that if our planet is on one side of the scale, then for balance we need to “plant” 81 Moons on the other side!

How far is the distance between the Moon and Earth? Between them you can place beads from 30 planets like Earth.

Or from 110 Moons!

GEO task

Seven cosmic words were hidden vertically and horizontally. Find them! Answers: Orbit, Moon, sky, star, sun, planet, comet.

FURTHER

© Author of the original idea, texts, poems, riddles, drawings, assignments - Svetlana Wiederhold, especially for the children's portal "Sun" - solnet®.ee Published under the editorship of Tatyana Evtyukova on April 28, 2006

Comments on the publication Geography for kids 04/01/2005, 01:58 pm
(10/28/2004, 09:50 pm)
Very interesting and educational, children perceive the game more easily. Thank you.

01.04.2005, 13:59
28.10.2004, 22:30 ()
Amazing!!!!! May good ideas continue to follow.

01.04.2005, 14:00
(29.10.2004, 16:50)
super looking forward to the continuation, but you can also insert photos of these towers, then all you have to do is print it out and go ahead. so I'll go look for towers

01.04.2005, 14:00
(30.10.2004, 17:59)
The whole family is delighted. Thank you.

01.04.2005, 14:01
(04.11.2004, 10:44)
Great! Now I can read your geo-tales on my favorite website! Thank you! Your fan.

01.04.2005, 14:01
(04.11.2004, 20:27) Marine
Spasibo bol»shoe, jivu v Meksike y ispol»zuiu material dlia moix urokov rus. v universitete.Naslajdaius" kajdoy vashey stranichkoy!!!!Sneterpeniem jdu novix.

01.04.2005, 14:02
(08.11.2004, 15:40)
My children (I have two) are waiting for the second lesson. I believe that through play it is easier for children to remember serious (“adult”) facts. Thank you.

01.04.2005, 14:03
(17.11.2004, 11:48)
01.04.2005, 14:03
(19.11.2004, 19:19)
I really liked both the trip and the drawings. I wonder what will happen next. I'm looking forward to the continuation.

01.04.2005, 14:04
(25.11.2004, 14:03)
I really like all your sections and geography too. My child is 3.5. We discuss your fairy tales. We have a map hanging in our house and the child already knows many countries and shows them. We know one song that may be useful to you. A song about the countries of Europe: We are sitting on a plane, We will fly all over Europe, Let’s see now what we have in the west. Here in France, in Paris, the Tower of all buildings is taller! And in Germany, in Berlin, there is a wonderful menagerie. The city of Bern in the mountains of Switzerland Aare stands on the river. People in Belgium, in Brussels, knew how to weave lace. And in Britain, without a doubt, London is the most important city. Further - to the Netherlands, where the Wind dries Amsterdam. So they looked to the west and flew to the north. The Danish city of Copenhagen is famous for its mermaid girl. In Sweden, Stockholm is the capital and looks into the waters of the Baltic. The city of Helsinki among the Finns lies in the lowlands near the sea. Tall Norwegian ships are sailing to the city of Oslo. Time flies quickly, Our path lies to the east. The country of Russia is great, Moscow is the most beautiful in it. All of Romania is proud of Bucharest as its capital. In Poland, the majestic city is called Warsaw. And in Bulgaria, in Sofia, the Temple of Wisdom - Sofia. Astronomer Tycho Brahe is remembered in the Czech Republic and Prague. Budapest is Hungarian, know that the Danube looks blue. And the Austrians certainly go to Vienna to listen to songs. To complete the circle, we head south. We soar over Italy, We see the eternal city of Rome. In warm Greece, in Athens, there are many ancient statues. The Portuguese is in love with his port of Lisbon. And in Spain - Madrid stands in the center of the entire country. Thank you very much for your work! Tai's mom.

01.04.2005, 14:05
(25.11.2004, 14:17)
Very useful lessons, but... you can do without brownies and so on...

01.04.2005, 14:05
(14.12.2004, 08:37)
Everything is built in game forms and it makes me happy. And we play and remember, even if not everything is immediately remembered, but, as they say, “the grain falls into favorable soil” and subsequently sprouts. THANK YOU for caring about our children. Happy holiday and GOOD SUCCESS.

01.04.2005, 14:06
(27.12.2004, 14:59)
Our daughter is 5 years old, we liked it. When will there be a sequel?

01.04.2005, 14:06
(22.01.2005, 23:24)
Great idea! Wonderful tales! Great assignments! Thank you very much! Please tell us about volcanoes. My six-year-old daughter is very interested in them, but I can’t find accessible and interesting material anywhere. Thank you.

01.04.2005, 14:07
(12.02.2005, 17:34)
Very beautiful fairy tales. I look forward to the continuation, I hope to learn about Japan, I really like the journey through your page!!!

01.04.2005, 14:08
24.02.2005, 20:09 ()
Class!!!!!!!!

04/01/2005, 14:08
(03/06/2005, 15:06) M
Thank you very much! I found what I wanted from you. I have three children of different ages (5-3-2 years old), everyone listens with great pleasure. We are waiting for new stories.

01.04.2005, 14:09
(11.03.2005, 22:02)
Thank you very much for the interesting stories, and a special thank you to Irina (11/25/2004) for the “song about European countries.”

01.04.2005, 14:09
(16.03.2005, 11:06)
Thank you very much for these articles. My six-year-old daughter Veronica loves to read them and solve geotasks. We look forward to the continuation.

01.04.2005, 14:10
(17.03.2005, 12:28)
The possibilities for this idea are almost endless. Super!

01.04.2005, 14:10
(23.03.2005, 11:02) ()
Good ideas...

04/01/2005, 14:11
Elena
Wonderful! Interesting, and most importantly easy to understand. I especially liked the riddles in verse. Thank you.

04/18/2005, 15:26
Love
Surprisingly simple and informative. It’s so easy to talk about complex things...You, Svetlana, are simply talented!!! And most importantly, thanks to this wonderful site, it is available to those who care about the coming generation.

04/24/2005, 06:07
Neustupova Ekaterina
I use your fairy tales-tasks in the senior preparatory groups of kindergarten, I would like a somewhat simplified version for this age. Thank you!

04/26/2005, 14:37
Lena
simple and fun

04/30/2005, 21:57
Plyushkin
Yes, professionally...

05/12/2005, 14:11
Konotopenko S.G.
Thank you very much for the stories. I really like them and my kids absolutely love them.

05/14/2005, 16:09
Olga
very cool! I am a geographer myself, so this is a very close topic. My son is still very small, when he grows up, we will definitely read your fairy tales with him! Thank you!!!

06/05/2005, 16:47
Elena
Wonderful!

06/09/2005, 12:51
Vita
a very necessary section, informative, well done, the creators, thank you and God grant you many more interesting projects

06.16.2005, 18:52
Lera, 8 years old
06.22.2005, 16:31
Tan Dima and I
read a fairy tale about the planets - the child laughed out loud!

06.24.2005, 20:17
Elena
I read a fairy tale about fog, and I didn’t want to be mischievous. Thank you.

07.17.2005, 17:46
Elena
Again I re-read the fairy tales, kind and understandable. Thank you. I'll be waiting for the continuation.

09.13.2005, 14:12
Oksana
Thank you very much, the story about the planets is simply a miracle, but my child (5 years old) had a reasonable question: What about the Moon? We are waiting for the continuation about the Moon. Thank you

09/20/2005, 11:10
Elena
10/19/2005, 10:17
Olga Anatolyevna, Marina Olegovna, Irina
We are longtime fans of your portal, but we were very surprised by the interpretation of the division of the Earth's population into races, presented by S. Belokurova-Wiederhold. Where did the Caucasian race go? race? Unprofessional and opportunistic.

10.19.2005, 18:08
author of geofairy tales
Dear readers! There has always been controversy about the concept of “race” in science. The most common classifications are: Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid races. They, in turn, are divided into subgroups. I used one of the European qualifications, which, however, can also be found in modern Russian-language reference books: three main races – Negroid, Mongoloid and Caucasian (where “Caucasian” corresponds to “Caucasian”). So, there is no mistake in the fairy tale.

10.29.2005, 21:36
Lena
11.28.2005, 19:33
nana
otlichno

01.12.2005, 11:43
Ekaterina
The lessons are wonderful, but is it possible to post the answers somewhere? I'm not very good with puzzles myself.

08.12.2005, 14:44
Svetlana
My child and I really like GeoFairy Tales. Many thanks to the author Svetlana Belokurova-Wiederhold. I want to talk about poems to the author of the comment from 04/01/2005, 14:04 Irina: Do you have poems about other countries and capitals. I would be very grateful if you provide information about them. To the site administrator: You need to correct the title “LESSON ELEVEN” in the text of the fairy tale “Who Is What” to “LESSON TWELVE”, so it would be more correct in number. Thank you very much.

08.12.2005, 14:55
Site administrator
Svetlana, thank you for writing. The typo has been corrected.

12/17/2005, 18:32
Denis
what is geography

12/19/2005, 10:41
author of geotales
Answer to Denis's question: Geo (from the Greek ge - earth) - indicates an attitude towards the sciences of the Earth, the earth's crust and the globe as a whole. Graphy (from the Greek grapho - I write, draw, draw), in this case, the name of the science that studies, describes the subject indicated in the upcoming part (here: geo). So it turns out that geography is a science that studies and describes the globe as a whole. It is divided into dozens of “narrow” geographical sciences, which concentrate their attention on one subject. For example: geology, economic geography, population geography, geography of a country or region (geography of Russia, geography of the Urals).

12/23/2005, 20:10
Elena
Very interesting, we are waiting for the continuation, Thank you very much for your fairy tales. Merry christmas and a happy new year! Good luck!

02/27/2006, 19:00
Nadezhda
Thank you, my son and I read your fairy tales with pleasure.

03/01/2006, 22:39
Alisa
I really liked the story about Paris, especially the main characters. I find a lot of new, and most importantly interesting and easy to remember things in your fairy tales. Thank you.

03/01/2006, 22:45
Elena
Nice story with snowflakes. I liked it very much!!!

03/24/2006, 11:43
Nadezhda
I really liked the wonderful geography lessons at Solnyshka. I studied all this myself at school and I know all this. However, it was the “Sun” portal that helped explain this to my younger sister, who constantly asks questions about the topics of geographical lessons. Thank you!

03/27/2006, 16:24
Yasya
is very interesting

05/10/2006, 15:30
Evelina
Svetlana, thank you! All fairy tales go with a bang! Are you planning to publish all these fairy tales in book form?

05/21/2006, 12:53
Editor of the portal “Sun”
Geotales are planned to be published in printed form, follow the announcements on the website.

08/29/2006, 08:39
Maria
Dear Svetlana, you are a very talented person! Thank you. Good luck and inspiration to you!

09.15.2006, 19:58
NatalieSerge
Thank you, Svetlana! Very interesting, I’ll try to include the material in the program on the subject of the World around us at the early development center. I would just like to know what age the material is intended for. Wishing you further creative journey!

11/23/2006, 09:41
Svetlana
Everything is great here! Thank you.

01/24/2007, 14:02
Alexander
Everything is fine. I kindly envy the citizens of Russia. You have enthusiasts who care not only about filling their pockets, but also about their children, about the future. Not like in Ukraine...

02/11/2007, 16:27
Editor of the portal “Solnyshko”
There is no point in envying Russian citizens in this case. The author of geofairy tales lives in Germany. The editorial office of the portal “Sun” is in Estonia. And on the Internet, the material is available to everyone, regardless of their country of residence. Stay with us!

03/21/2007, 12:06
Olga
08/14/2007, 17:05
Tanya I
just discovered fairy tales!!! The child is 3 years old. We read lesson 1, I added a photo of the towers + the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the lesson (I really love it). For the second lesson I wanted to recommend a link with photos, but for some reason I can’t

08/16/2007, 22:05
Elena
08/31/2007, 16:27
Anna
A wonderful fairy tale about Moscow. Thank you!

03.09.2007, 20:43
Peter
5+

09.18.2007, 08:14
Guyans
Well done! Great idea! Children will read with pleasure, and they will also gain knowledge, because the situation with the towers is so similar to their quarrels and reconciliations.

02.10.2007, 13:31
Anna
A wonderful fairy tale. THANK YOU.

10.11.2007, 19:39
Lena
Beauty!!!

10.29.2007, 20:23
Svetlana
Thank you! Very necessary material, and on time. I wish you to develop as many such lessons as possible. 29.10 07.

12/18/2007, 11:43 pm
Ekaterina
thank you. Only photos are really needed here

02/13/2008, 09:49
Nadezhda
Thank you very much for the fascinating lessons, very informative and well received by the child.

02.23.2008, 14:26
[email protected]
I have been looking for fairy tales for children on geography for a long time. I work in a kindergarten with children aged 5-7 years. Geography interests them very much. THANK YOU!!!

04/02/2008, 19:35
Lena
people send more crossword puzzles and tiki with puzzles

04/02/2008, 19:38
Lena
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

04/15/2008, 15:03
Love
Simply wonderful. Everything is so simple and interesting. Thanks for the find.

04/18/2008, 10:26
Luali
Played a game with my class. It was great! Thank you.

04/27/2008, 13:48
Mili Mu Mili Du
Even though I’m in fourth grade, I read everything from beginning to end with interest! Hello, “SUNNY”!!!

08/19/2008, 21:17
Alena
11/20/2008, 10:02
Valentina
Thank you very much for such an interesting site! It makes it so easy to prepare your child for school. Well, geofairy tales are just super

26.11.2008, 14:53
Svetlana
Your site is just a find, super, there is no better one!!!

12/01/2008, 08:46
Svetlana Anatolyevna
A LOW BOW to you!!! Thank you from the entire city of Pavlograd (Ukraine), and especially from the children and parents of school No. 12. It would be great if they created a training video.

09.12.2008, 17:37
Natalya
Thank you very much! Your geo-tales really help my students understand geography. Thanks for the help!

12/19/2008, 02:10
Alina
Thank you so much!!!!!!

12/20/2008, 6:28 pm
Elena Krampets
01/28/2009, 8:25 pm
Nadezhda
Excellent material for lessons about the world around us.

01/30/2009, 08:52
Tatyana
Thank you very much! Very interesting tales and tasks! Both my 8-year-old son and my 1.5-year-old daughter listen with pleasure. And even my husband!

01/31/2009, 10:29
Olya 6 years old
I don’t like to study, but it’s a pleasure to study in this Virtual School!!!

02/09/2009, 12:30
anna
wonderful fairy tales

02/09/2009, 12:31 pm
Brenda Still
is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

02/13/2009, 11:41
Ksenia.
Kharkov AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THIS IS NOT ONLY FROM MY DAUGHTER, BUT ALSO FROM ME. THANK YOU!

02/18/2009, 22:07
Svetlana
Thank you, very interesting classes

02/19/2009, 11:09
Oksana
very interesting and most importantly accessible for children, they really like it

03/12/2009, 14:29
Elena
Wonderful lessons, I downloaded them and will be happy to read them to my son and complete the assignments. True, I haven’t found any recommendations for what age, but we’ll still selectively try to learn new things.

03/13/2009, 18:01
Julia
I really liked your lesson, thank you!

03/28/2009, 18:43
Zyure Ismailovna
Very interesting technique. But please tell me what age is it intended for? FOR preschoolers, solving crossword puzzles is a difficult task. It is recommended for 1st grade students. In addition, preschoolers will not understand what the 14th-17th centuries mean. We explain to them that this was a very long time ago. I recommend explaining what the names of the madrassas mean. Tillya kori - gilded. Sher Dor - madrasah with tigers. When talking about the ornament, pay attention that the designs are all different and are not repeated. I was born and lived until I was 15 years old in Samarkand. Mom was a tour guide. Therefore, I know a lot about history. Currently I am the head of the department of preschool pedagogy at the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University in Simferopol. I will be glad to cooperate!

04/02/2009, 13:30
Denis
04/03/2009, 18:44
Julia
super and class

04/10/2009, 18:08
Julia
A good story about the planets of the solar system.

04/13/2009, 18:08
Svetlana
04/13/2009, 18:34
Svetlana Wiederhold
Thank you very much for your feedback! Inspiring! Regarding cooperation, comments can be written to my address: [email protected] See you next time at the virtual school!

05/14/2009, 20:07
Ekaterina
Thank you for your portal. Your virtual lessons are great!

05.15.2009, 15:15
Valeria
cool I liked everything

05/23/2009, 17:06
Bitno Galina
I work with kids, teach them reading and mathematics, I really like your creative approach to the development of children with the help of geofairy tales. She has written developments for reading lessons for children, including ones based on biology. I would like to work similarly in geography. Sincerely. Galina.

05/24/2009, 23:37
Editor of the portal “Solnyshko”
Galina, would you share your experience and send your developments for publication on the site! A?

05/27/2009, 10:28
Olga
Thank you for your help in the development of the future generation!!!

05/29/2009, 16:14
Julia
the story about fish is cool.!!!!!!

06/04/2009, 12:26
yuliya
cool!! I'm really looking forward to the next lesson!!

06/05/2009, 10:41
Julia
very interesting story thank you!!!!!

06/27/2009, 21:37
Snezhana
Cool! Both education and entertainment! Thank you!

08/26/2009, 16:21
Julia
The story about day and night is good

08/30/2009, 15:00
Irina
Thank you very much for your kind and sensitive attitude towards geography. If possible, then write a geofairy tale “The Journey of a Droplet” or “The Journey of a Grain of Sand”, I think it will be interesting for children to compare your version and theirs, because such an assignment is in school program.

10.10.2009, 16:49
Alena
Hello. I would like to express my HUGE THANKS to this site for such beautifully selected material. I am an economics teacher and the fairy tales from the ECONOMICS FOR KIDS section were very useful. But I am also a music teacher and it would be great if there was a section dedicated to music. Thank you very much.

10.22.2009, 16:15
Elena
Very interesting for both kids and parents! It's good that I found out about your existence! Thank you!

07.11.2009, 20:40
Tamara
Thank you very much! I myself am a geographer by training, I am very glad that I will be able to tell my child about this wonderful science in a fun way.

12/06/2009, 18:12
Marina
, it’s a pity that our teachers don’t do anything like that in schools, maybe. children were more willing to study and knew geography better

12/10/2009, 13:07
Lena Gizatullina
Very interesting and educational, continue to make us and our children happy. We are looking forward to the continuation. Well done!!!!

01/03/2010, 22:52
Polik
I liked the first and twelfth!

01/08/2010, 17:09
Evgeniya
Thank you.

01/30/2010, 06:36
Svetlana
02/05/2010, 13:23
Ekaterina
This is just super!!! You are so great!!! We look forward to the continuation. Thank you very much for your work!!!

02/16/2010, 16:58
gave
good lessons

03/16/2010, 15:56
Anya (schoolgirl)
I really liked all the stories; if I’m already 14 years old and I’m also interested, I don’t even know how interesting it is for children younger than me)) thank you)))) Bravao)) for an encore)) )

03/28/2010, 12:31
nettle
Marktus was real, unlike anyone else, and even without chips in the thorns. These are the people who scold us...

03/30/2010, 15:14
[email protected]
Great, thank you. You are smart!

04/28/2010, 16:06
Angelina
Thank you so much, your classes are just super!!!

05/11/2010, 19:43
Eusevia
This is all just wonderful!!! I’m going as a counselor to a children’s camp with a geographical focus, and this is exactly what I was looking for!”!!

06/28/2010, 17:00
Natalya Akhryomochkina, teacher at Vysheslavskaya school. Ya.O
Svetlana, thank you very much for such interesting lessons, I looked at many things differently, I will definitely use them in my work. Creative success!

07/12/2010, 11:51
daughter Aisha
is super

09/03/2010, 10:56
LYUDMILA
EVERYTHING IS GOOD, INFORMATIVE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR THAT THE CAUCASIAN RACE BELONG TO RUSSIANS, GERMANS, AND ENGLISH. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED!

09/06/2010, 13:42
Editor of the portal “Solnyshko”
Lyudmila, just because YOU are hearing about this for the first time does not mean that it is not so and that “it needs to be corrected”. The Caucasian race is the same as the Caucasian, Caucasian (from the English Caucasian race) or Eurasian. Look in the literature or on the Internet if you still have doubts.

12/04/2010, 05:02
Larisa
super super super!!!!!!great!!!!I also want to talk about Japan!!! and in general it is very!!!interesting!!!!

01/13/2011, 15:23
Baba Olya
this is very interesting

01/13/2011, 15:30
Dasha
This is very interesting since I am a geologist myself.

01/30/2011, 08:42
Julia
I really liked it.

02/13/2011, 16:13
Maria
liked it

02/23/2011, 14:05
Filyuza
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

02/24/2011, 11:40
Elena
It seems to me that in the first lesson we need stories about either towers or cities, so as not to confuse the child. The capital and the child are in “shock”! Maybe I'm wrong?

03/16/2011, 11:52
Librarian
03/17/2011, 15:23
Dasha
tse duzhe tsikavo since I’m a geologist myself

03/18/2011, 21:55
Tamara
wonderful tales, thank you

04/04/2011, 21:17
Valentina
Wonderful, educational fairy tales, in an accessible form for children. Thanks a lot!

04/08/2011, 19:40
Zhenya
Interesting Little Thing I really really really liked the assignments Just well done

04/09/2011, 18:17
Svetlana
Thank you so much! Super!!!

04/17/2011, 19:23
Olga
Thank you for your work!. Very interesting material

04/18/2011, 11:27
Albina
Svetlana, thank you very much....Your wonderful stories are a godsend for us mothers and a special interest for our kids....

05/06/2011, 11:29
perepechina lyudmila
I really liked it! Can be used in lessons!

05/26/2011, 23:24
Julia
Thank you so much for your work!

05/31/2011, 21:16
flomi
superrrrrrrrr-duperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Not a fairy tale, but some kind of educational lesson!!!

02.06.2011, 22:39

great!!!! Thank you very much

08/17/2011, 09:47
Elena
Svetlana, you are just smart

05.11.2011, 15:16
Olga
Svetlana, THANK YOU for the amazing, interesting tales! We are waiting for the continuation. Write a fairy tale about Baikal for us!

11/12/2011, 12:15
Zoya
is great, my daughter now knows about towers and cities, thank you, let’s continue the lessons

03/18/2012, 10:19
Elena
Thank you very much for the excellent material! Good luck with your next projects.

05/02/2012, 18:27
Yulia Gennadievna
Very wonderful lessons, informative, just super! I work as a teacher, and I want to use an intellectual circle in my circle work. I'm just delighted!

05/06/2013, 21:43
KatrinaZ
Just lovely! Thank you very much for the fairy tale!

01/31/2014, 06:00
kunakbaeva elsa
Hello! Thank you very much for the interesting and educational material using multimedia technology.

02/04/2014, 10:37
Raila Ziatdinova
thank you very much. super material.

02/18/2014, 06:52
Maria Lyamina
You are doing a great job! Thank you so much, this is something you can't find anywhere!!! I have been looking for such interesting and accessible information on geography for almost half a year!!! And most importantly, exciting!

02/18/2014, 12:22
Kira
Good afternoon! We started reading your fairy tales, the children listened with interest, but in the third fairy tale it struck a chord: the country of America. I'm not a geographer, but there is no such country, correct it to the mainland, please!

04/19/2014, 11:35
Tatyana
Very interesting! It's impossible not to remember! Thank you!

05/15/2014, 19:23
Anna
I would like to add pictures. And so great.

08/17/2014, 15:23
Zinaida
Svetlana, I am very grateful to you and the organizers of the site for such wonderful material.

10/18/2018, 11:07 pm
Natalya
Thank you! Wonderful tales!

02/08/2021, 10:25
Nastya
Fairy tale - super! for the rebus the solution is = chum. We just go through it at school!

12/08/2021, 00:35
art-iq.com.ua
Thank you! Wonderful tales!

Moon Mountains

But there are mountains on the Moon, and the most real ones, and not only mountains, but also plateaus. Externally, they differ from the lunar “seas” and plains in that they are lighter in color.

The lunar mountains are similar to the terrestrial ones in appearance, but unlike them, they were formed not as a result of tectonic processes, but as a result of collisions of giant meteorites with the lunar surface.

What would the surface of the Moon look like if it had an atmosphere and gravitational force similar to Earth's (sweep)

Where do lunar craters come from?

On the surface of the Moon we can observe craters - evidence of bombardment of its surface by asteroids, comets and meteorites. There are about half a million craters larger than 1 km in size.

Due to the absence of an atmosphere, water and significant geological processes on the Moon, the lunar craters were virtually unchanged and even ancient craters were preserved on its surface. The largest crater on the Moon is located on the far side of the Moon; it measures 2240 km in diameter and 13 km deep.

Is there water on the Moon?

No water was found in samples of lunar rock brought to Earth by astronauts participating in the Apollo mission and by Soviet lunar rovers.

However, we do know that the surface of the Moon has been bombarded by comets since its formation, and comet nuclei are known to be mostly made of ice. True, this does not add optimism - under the influence of solar radiation, water atoms should have disintegrated into hydrogen and oxygen atoms and, due to the weak gravity of the Moon, simply evaporated into outer space.

However, there is another point of view: as a result of mapping the surface of the Moon by the Clementine satellite, launched by NASA in 1994, craters were discovered in the polar regions of the Moon, which are always in the shadow, and in which water in the form of ice could be preserved.

Due to the great importance of the availability of water for the future colonization of the Moon, lunar bases are planned to be located in the circumpolar regions of our satellite.

The internal structure of our planet's satellite - the Moon

Seasons - explanation for children

The Earth's axis is tilted relative to the plane of the ecliptic (the imaginary surface of the orbit around the Sun). An explanation for children cannot do without deciphering this moment. southern hemispheres take turns pointing to the Sun. This results in different amounts of light and heat being received – the change of seasons.

The Earth's axis is tilted by 23.5 degrees, and the Moon's by 1.5. It turns out that there are practically no seasons on the satellite. Some areas are always lit, while others live forever in the shadows.

What's Beneath the Moon's Surface?

The structure of the Moon, like the structure of the Earth, includes several distinct layers: crust, mantle and core. This structure is believed to have formed immediately after the formation of the Moon - 4.5 billion years ago.

The thickness of the lunar crust is believed to be 50 km. Moonquakes occur within the thickness of the lunar mantle, but unlike earthquakes, which are caused by the movement of tectonic plates, moonquakes are caused by the tidal forces of the Earth.

The Moon's core, like the Earth's core, consists of iron, but its size is much smaller and is 350 km in radius. The average density of the Moon is 3.3 g/cm3.

Does the Moon have an atmosphere?

There is an atmosphere on the Moon - this is a fact, but it is so highly discharged that it can easily be ignored - this is also a fact.

One of the sources of the lunar atmosphere are gases that are released from the lunar crust, such gases include radon gas. Another source of gases in the lunar atmosphere are gases released when the lunar surface is bombarded by micrometeorites and the solar wind.

Due to the weak magnetic and gravitational field of the Moon, almost all gases from the atmosphere escape into outer space.

Where did the Moon come from?

There are several theories to explain the formation of the Moon. Until recently, the main assumption of scientists was that the Moon was formed as a result of centrifugal forces at the early stage of the formation of the Earth. As a result of the action of these forces, part of the earth's crust was thrown into outer space and from this part the Moon was formed. Due to the fact that, as scientists believe, throughout the history of the Earth, our planet has never had a sufficient rotation speed to confirm this theory, this point of view on the process of formation of the Moon is currently considered outdated.

Another theory suggests that the Moon formed separately from the Earth, and was subsequently simply captured by the Earth's gravitational field.

The third theory explains that both the Earth and the Moon were formed from a single protoplanetary cloud and the process of their formation took place simultaneously.

Although the above three theories of the formation of the Moon explain its origin, they all contain certain contradictions. The dominant theory of the formation of the Moon today is the theory of a giant collision of the proto-Earth with a celestial body the size of the planet Mars.

Comparative sizes of the Earth and the Moon and the distance separating them

Orbital path of the Moon - explanation for children

Children should know that the moon's gravity affects our planet by causing sea levels to rise and fall (high and low tides). To a lesser, but still noticeable, extent, this is manifested in lakes, the atmosphere and the earth's crust.

The water rises and falls. On the side facing the Moon, the tide is stronger. But even on the second one it occurs by inertia, so low tides are created between these two points. The Moon also slows down the rotation of our planet (tidal braking). This increases the length of the day by 2.3 milliseconds each eyelid. The energy is absorbed by the Moon and increases the distance between us. That is, for the little ones it is important to learn that the satellite moves away by 3.8 cm every year.

View of the Earth from the surface of the Moon

Perhaps it was lunar gravity that caused the formation of the Earth as a planet suitable for life. It moderated fluctuations in axial tilt, allowing a stable climate to persist for billions of years. But the satellite did not stand aside, since the earth’s gravity once stretched it to incredible shapes.

Is the Moon a satellite of the Earth or its “younger brother”?

The Moon is the largest satellite in the Solar System and in size it is only 4 times smaller than the Earth and only slightly inferior in size to Mercury. In this regard, some scientists consider the Earth-Moon pair not as a Planet-Satellite system, but as a double planet, since the size and mass of the Moon are quite large.

This is also evidenced by the fact that the center of rotation of the Earth-Moon system does not occur around the center of the Earth, but around the center of mass of both celestial bodies, which is located at a distance of 1700 km under the surface of the Earth.

Purpose of the lesson:

Form an idea of the Moon as a cold celestial body of a spherical shape. Learn to compare and generalize. Talk about the relief of the lunar surface and the peculiarities of environmental conditions on it.

Activate vocabulary:
craters, new moon, full moon
Equipment:

application “Solar system” for each child; a small ball with an elastic band; costume of the queen of space (black cape embroidered with stars and planets, hat); circles of yellow self-adhesive paper; three circles of the same color but different sizes; stars made of shiny paper according to the number of children; three-dimensional figures of various shapes; globe, 2 sheets of whatman paper with circles drawn on them; container with sand; stones according to the number of children; "moon dust"; pipes; flashlight; pictures depicting various things and objects; paper circles depicting the phases of the moon.

Preliminary work:

conducting a lesson on the topic “Solar System”; conducting an application on the topic “Composition of the solar system”; observing the changing phases of the moon.

Progress of the lesson

A teacher in a black cape embroidered with stars and planets and the same hat comes to the children and informs them that the Queen of Space has come to visit them. She wants to find out what the children know about her kingdom.

Queen of Space

. Guys, try to characterize my kingdom, what is it like?

Children

. Cold, dark, huge, shiny, etc.

Queen of Space

: Now I want to ask you a riddle:

Night comes - She rises. It shines in the sky, dispels the darkness. (Moon)

Queen of Space:

Well done boys. Did you know that Luna is my youngest daughter.

Try to find a place for the Moon in my cosmic kingdom and remember that it is part of the solar system. ( Gives each child a circle of self-adhesive yellow paper and the “Solar System” applique, made by everyone in previous lessons (you can use the “Solar System” poster, but then only one child can complete the task). Children find an image of the planet Earth and glue a model of the Moon near her. If children find it difficult, the Queen of the Cosmos helps them.)

Then the Queen of Space invites the children to approach the previously prepared three-dimensional figures of various shapes and choose only those that resemble the Moon in shape. Children complete the task by choosing spherical objects. Once again they clarify together that the Moon has the shape of a ball.

Queen of Space

. Everyone in my kingdom is so restless. You can’t keep anyone in place, everyone is moving and moving. So my youngest daughter hangs around her friend – the Earth. Let's see how this happens.

Demonstration:
A globe is placed in advance on a separate table.
The Queen of Space takes the prepared model of the Moon on an elastic band and demonstrates the movement of the Moon around the Earth. Queen of Space:

Now try to show yourself how this happens.

Outdoor game

: Children are divided into pairs. One child acts as a model of the Moon, the other - the Earth. They demonstrate the movement of the Moon around the Earth. At the same time, the child representing the Earth also moves around its axis.

Queen of Space:

For this, the Moon was even nicknamed the Earth's satellite. What do you think the word satellite means? The Earth attracts the Moon to itself and does not allow it to move away. Here, look.

Demonstration:
The Queen of Space demonstrates the gravitational force of the Moon on the Earth.
Explains to the children that she plays the role of the Earth. He throws a ball on an elastic band, the elastic band tightens, the ball comes back. It is the force of gravity that made the Moon an eternal satellite of the Earth. Then the Queen of the Cosmos shows the children circles of different sizes and colors and asks them to show which of them corresponds in size to the Moon, which to the Earth, and which to the Sun. Clarifies that the Moon is much smaller than the Sun and smaller than the Earth. Then the queen of space again invites the children to look at their “Solar System” applications and determine what is located further from the Earth, the Moon or the Sun.

Queen of Space

: Guys, would you like to take a closer look at what is there on the Moon? Let's fly there. Shall we fly straight in these clothes? Why not? What should you wear for space travel? To make the flight successful, here's a magic star for you all. They will help you during the flight. So, close your eyes and say the spell:

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, fly into starry space.

Imagination game

: The Queen of Space asks the children what they observe around them during the flight. (Children fantasize with their eyes closed.) Attention, get ready, we're about to land on the moon! (Children open their eyes and see in front of them either a model or an image of the lunar surface).

Queen of Space

. The surface of the Moon is covered with the finest sand, lunar dust, like this (shows). Then he lays out two sheets of whatman paper with circles drawn on it and invites the children to sprinkle “moon dust” on both circles. The Queen of Space makes indentations in the sand with her fingers and explains that these traces were left by astronauts who landed on the surface of the Moon.

Queen of Space

. The fact is, guys, that there is no air at all on the Moon. And you and I know that wind is... air movement. If the wind blew on the Moon, then these traces... Let's see what would happen to them. How can you create wind? That's right, blow it. Children blow, traces disappear. Now let's look at the adjacent sheet. Due to the fact that there is no wind on the Moon, the footprints of the astronauts will remain on it forever.

Queen of space.

Experience:

The teacher hands out stones to the children and tells them that they are meteorites. He suggests reproducing the process of falling meteorites by throwing stones into a container with “moon dust” ( the sand can be slightly moistened with water

). Falling stones create holes.

Queen of Space:

Have you watched the Moon?
Do we always see the Moon as a full circle? And the sun? Have you ever wondered why this happens? ( as a rule, children find it difficult to answer this question
). Then the Queen of the Cosmos explains that the sun, like an electric light bulb, itself emits light, and the Moon only reflects the light of the sun. Offers to demonstrate experience.

Experience:

The experiment is carried out in a darkened room. The flashlight plays the role of the sun. The small ball is a model of the Moon. One of the children holds a model of the Moon in his hands. When the flashlight is not turned on (the sun does not shine on the surface of the Moon visible from Earth),

children do not see the “Moon”.
As soon as the flashlight turns on (the sun shines on the surface of the Moon visible from the Earth),
the children see the “Moon” in the form of a full circle.

Queen of Space:

There is not only no air on the Moon, but also no water. Think about whether living beings live there? Why?

Since the Moon attracts to its surface weaker than the Earth, you could easily lift such a table on the Moon (points to the table or something else).

You have already told me that we see the Moon in different ways.
Sometimes we don't see the Moon at all in the sky. This appearance is called a new moon
(the Queen of Space
places a black circle on the flannelgraph).
A few days later we already see the Moon like this
(places an image of the next lunar phase on the flannelgraph).
A few more days later - like this
(places an image of a quarter of the waxing Moon).
The Queen of the Cosmos draws a line down from it so that the letter P is formed and explains that the Moon is now growing.

In the morning I see from the window, the early moon in the sky. To distinguish it, we need to put a stick on the semicircle and get the letter R there.

After some time we see the Moon like this (places an image of the full Moon)

This type of moon is called a full moon.
Then the Moon will decrease and after a while it will take this form (places an image of a quarter of the waning Moon on the flannelgraph)
. Then the Lunar disk will shrink again and finally take on this form (places an image of the next phase of the Moon). All that will remain of the Moon is a sickle, similar to the letter C. They say that the Moon is waning and aging.

The crescent moon floated across the sky, the crescent bent towards harm. And that’s why the letter S shone from heaven for us. (G. Sapgir)

Consolidation: Didactic game: “Space Traveler”.

Progress of the game.

The Queen of Space tells the children that they can go on a trip to the Moon. For any trip you need to take the necessary things with you. She puts a set of pictures in front of the children and asks them to point out which things might be useful on the moon and which ones might not.