Blast Off: A Trip to the Moon

Introduction

Have you noticed the moon in the night sky?

When you look at the moon, what can you see?

Today we will learn about what the moon is. Its appearance, its purpose, and everything else that we want to know about the moon.

We are going to have a short trip to the moon today!!

Task

Task 1:

1. For 5 to 10 minutes, write or draw in a piece of paper everything you know about the Moon.

2. Grab a partner, sit knee-to-knee and eye-to-eye, and share your work.

3. After you share your work, pass it to teacher.

Task 2:

1. Look on the picture of the moon displayed in the projector and answer the following questions:

  • What is the moon?

  • What is on the moon?

  • Who goes to the moon?

  • How do you see the moon?

  • When you see the moon in the sky, do you see the whole moon? Why or why not?

2. Group yourselves into 4 and share your answers with one another. Write it on sheet of paper and present your work in class. You can draw or sing or make a role play or anything that would make your report more interesting and effective. 

Process

Evaluation

Task 1: The work will be graded by how much prior knowledge or ideas they have written (or draw) about the moon.

Task 2: The report will be graded using this rubric:

Grading

for the

Report

 4 3 2 1
Introduction Very catchy and relevant introduction catchy but irrelevant not catchy and irrelevant No introduction
Originality and Creativity use of visual aids and with originality and interactive visual aids and original but not interactive "copy-paste" simply reporting
Informative extended the topic with relevance very informative informative enough basic

Conclusion

Now you know something more about the moon.

So everytime you look in the night sky you would understand and appreciate the beauty of the moon and will be filled with wonder.

Study and research more about the moon!

Observe it every night and you'll see its beauty!

Credits

Teacher Page

This webquest was created by Ryan Merto and Janro No.  Our goal is that students will have fun while learning aboutthe moon.  Learning should be fun.