Showing Results for moon phases

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

The moon doesn't produce its own light, so why can we see it shining in the sky? Learn about reflection and planetshine in this fun and easy science project!

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

Coffee filter snowflakes are an easy winter craft and a good way to involve children of all ages in holiday decorating.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Toothpaste plus water equals the start to a magical winter paper project.

Celebrate Ramadan by recreating a scene depicting the inside of a mosque. Your kid will marvel at the beautiful stained glass effect of the finished project.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

In this painting and drawing project, not only will stars shine in the evening sky over the skyscrapers, they will also create a waterfront reflection.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Let your child be a designer for the day with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a felt pillow decorated with colorful felt cut-outs.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Make a roaring rocket ship toy out of a paper towel roll and some tissue paper.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.