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1st grade · Science · Unit 12 of 12

Sun & Moon Patterns

How the Sun and Moon change in the sky.

What your child practices

Practices the pattern of the Sun's position through the day, how shadows change, and how the Moon seems to change shape over about a month. Remind your child never to look straight at the Sun.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.8 · patterns of the sun and moon in the sky through the day and the month

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A pattern is something that repeats.
  2. The Sun rises, gets high at midday, then sets.
  3. The Moon seems to change shape. A full Moon is round.

Example: What does a full Moon look like? Full means all of it shows. Answer: a bright circle

Sun & Moon Patterns in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 12 of 12 in 1st grade Science, after Sky & Seasons.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Moon's shape changes over…

    • one second
    • many days
    • one hour

  2. Question 2

    Which comes first in a day?

    • sunset
    • sunrise
    • midnight

  3. Question 3

    Which happens every day?

    • A full Moon
    • The Sun rises and sets
    • It snows

  4. Question 4

    Where is the Sun in the morning?

    • Low in the sky
    • Below your feet
    • Straight overhead

  5. Question 5

    Which is a safe thing to do when the Sun is bright?

    • Look at the Sun
    • Stare at it with a telescope
    • Wear a hat

  6. Question 6

    A thin curved Moon is called a…

    • cone
    • crescent
    • circle

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