2015 T2: WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT? (Explanation)

In Week 6 of Term 2 our class focussed on how to write great explanations.
We wrote about the Moon’s different phases as we are in the middle of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. Learning how to write a great explanation will help us with our self-guided topics in a few weeks time. Here is my writing, after I have self-assessed and peer-assessed my work.

The grey asteroid (the Moon) always changes its appearance each night. This is caused by the Lunar Phases. Some people believe that the Moon’s shape is caused by the Earth’s shadow so I will explain to you the truth of why the Moon changes its appearance each night.

The Moon’s Orbit:

The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is tilted while it orbits around the Sun. People believe that the shadow of the Earth causes the Moon by changing its own appearance, but scientists has proven that it is false. The Moon is actually caused by the amount of Sun that the Moon can reflect on.

The Lunar Phases:

There are eight lunar phases and they are called:

The New Moon,Waxing Crescent,Waxing Gibbous, First Quarter, New Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent. The New Moon is a dark black shadow of the original Moon.

Lunar Months:

A Lunar Month is the amount of time it takes for the Moon to pass through its Lunar Phases. Then it turns back into its original place. It takes 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds, to complete the Moon going through the Lunar Month.

Conclusion:

I hope this explanation made you understand why the Moon always changed each night. Also if you still don’t really understand why the Moon changes each night here is a youtube link that you can watch to understand much more clearly:

http://viewpure.com/wz01pTvuMa0

A little thing that you can look at:

If you would want to look at my DLO about the Phases of the Moon,

here is a link:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l_LLpTWK-xH5n2WShuLRtkHrBjYBrGhIgR4prhSHRLs/edit?usp=sharing

My Information Report Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is the question WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?	Yes	yes
My opening paragraph/introduction:
introduce what my writing is about in a clear way	Yes	yes
hooks the reader	Yes	yes
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	Yes	yes
2-3 sentences maximum	Yes	yes
My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	Yes	yes
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	Yes	yes
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	Yes	yes
include specific, technical vocabulary	Yes	yes
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)	Yes	yes
connectives and time connectives	Yes	yes
descriptive language	Yes	yes
formal language	No
My end paragraph/conclusion:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	Yes	yes
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found	Yes	yes
write an interesting fact	No

2015 T2: The Phases of the Moon DLO

This is my DLO that me and my friend (Toma) made. My presentation shows all of the Lunar Phases in order and also facts about each of them.

I hope you enjoy this blog post!!!

21/5/15 2015 T2: My Mars Information Report!

Our Mysterious Neighbor

Introduction

There is a tiny star that we can see in space that looks kind of red. And that tiny star is actually a planet called Mars. I if you want to know more well then this information report is all to you to read!.

Appearance:

Mars is called the ‘Red planet’ because of its colour. It has old volcanoes and big rocks because they were caused by asteroids and meteoroids. Interestingly, no one has actually seen if Mars is a cold dark planet or a hot bright planet. But to us Mars looks like a hot bright planet.

This is a picture of the dust storms that Mars has.

Could Humans live on Mars?:

Lots of humans think that they could possibly live or stand on Mars, but they can not because Mars has no oxygen but maybe a little bit. Amazingly, Mars has hazards on its own planet. E.G Dust

Storms, Volcanoes erupting, and many more.

Mars’ Orbit:

How long does it take for Mars to revolve on its own axis?, Mars takes 24 hours and 37 minutes. Also Mars is 225,300,000 km away from Earth (Us) so that means Mars is our neighbor which we already know. Now you know how long it takes Mars to turn on its own axis and also how far Mars is from Earth.

This is a picture of Mars’ Orbit and what it looks like.

Mars’ Moon:

Mars has only two moons (Phobos & Deimos). The largest moon between Phobos & Deimos is Phobos. Phobos is a grey lumpy moon & Deimos is a grey and brown lumpy moon. As you can see, Mars’ moons are pretty similar in weird ways.

This is a picture of what Phobos & Deimos (Mars’ Moon) looks like

Conclusion:

I hope this information report tought you lots of cool information about Mars!. If you want to find out more about Mars here is a link:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets/mars.html

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My Information Report Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is an interesting title (I might have phrased the title as a question.)	✔	Yes
My opening paragraph:
says what my report is about in a clear way	✔	Yes
gives a general “classification” – and maybe a technical classification	✔	Yes
outlines the main features of the subject	No	No
My main paragraphs:
have sub-headings where helpful	✔	Yes
have clear topic sentences  (topic and main point)	✔	Yes
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	✔	Yes
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	✔	Yes
include specific, technical vocabulary	✔	Yes
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)	No	No
may have helpful: tables, pictures and/or diagrams to add information	✔	Yes
My end paragraph:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	✔	Yes
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found	✔	Yes

2015 Term 2: First up DLO

This is my DLO that shows you famous Astronauts!

And if you like it please go ahead and comment below this post.

My Explain Everything: Solving Problems With Division (Place Value)

This is my Explain Everything about solving problems with division (Place Value).

If you like it please leave a comment below this blog post.

1/5/15 2015 T2: My Thinglink about ANZAC

This is a thinglink that I have made, and it is also about ANZAC. I hope you enjoy while reading & watching my thinglink!

1/4/15 2015 T2: My ANZAC DLO

This is a presentation about ANZAC, and it tells you what are Nurses & Stretcher-Bearers.

Also if you like it please give me a comment which is down below of this post.