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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 6 of 11

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.9(A); K.9(B) · patterns of day and night, and the Sun and Moon in the sky

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The Sun rises in the morning and sets at night, every day.
  2. At noon the Sun is high in the sky.
  3. The Moon seems to change shape. Never look right at the Sun.

Example: Where is the Sun at noon? The Sun rises low in the morning. By noon it is high up. Answer: high in the sky

Sun & Moon Patterns in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 6 of 11 in Kindergarten Science, after My Five Senses and before Plant Parts at Work.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    How often does a full Moon happen?

    • every day
    • once in ten years
    • about once a month

  2. Question 2

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

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

  3. Question 3

    Where is the Sun in the evening?

    • Rising
    • Going down
    • Right above you

  4. Question 4

    The Moon looks like it changes…

    • color to purple
    • shape
    • its name

  5. Question 5

    Your shadow is longest when the Sun is…

    • low in the sky
    • high in the sky
    • behind a cloud

  6. Question 6

    A full Moon looks like…

    • a thin curve
    • nothing at all
    • a bright circle

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