The Moon and Stars

• Light from the sun shines on the moon
• The moon does not shine it's own light
• The moon is made of rock
• The moon makes a path around the earth called an orbit
• The moon does not change shape, but the parts we can see that are lit up change shape
• Each shape of the moon that we see is called a phase
• Phases appear in the same order every month and repeat

 

• A star is a hot object in space made of glowing gases
• Gases give off heat and light
• Stars look tiny because they are far away
• The sun is close to Earth and looks larger, it is an average size star (normal size)
• The sun is so bright it lights up the sky in the day and we cannot see the stars