Alpha science classroom: DIY science experiment of glow in the dark moon phases

Every night, children can look up into the sky and see the changing shape of the moon. Do children know why the shape of the moon changes? Today, Alpha science classroom is bringing DIY science experiments of glow in the dark moon phases. Children can use simple materials to create a glow in the dark picture of the moon phases. They also can learn about the secrets of the moon.

Alpha science classroom：The materials of glow in the dark moon phases

• White paper plates

• Foam shaving cream

• White glue

• Glow in the dark paint

• Paintbrushes

• Bowl and mixing utensils

Alpha science classroom：The steps of glow in the dark moon phases

1: Children need a mixing bowl, measure and add 1 cup of shaving cream into the mixing bowl.

2: Children can use 1/3 cup, fill almost to the top with glue, leaving room for a tablespoon or so of glow paint, and pour the glue mixture into the shaving cream. Mix together well with a spatula.

3:Children use a paintbrush to paint your homemade glow in the dark puffy paint onto the paper plates. Leave it to dry overnight. You can even leave spots for craters!

4: Children can cut the plates into different Moon phases if desired when they are dry.

5: Children can Place the Moon in the light, and then bring it into a dark room to watch it glow.

Alpha science classroom:What are the phases of the moon?

To start, the phases of the Moon are the different ways the Moon looks from Earth over the course of about a month!

As the moon orbits around the Earth, the half of the moon that faces the sun will be lit up. The different shapes of the lit up portion of the moon that can be seen from the Earth are known as the phases of the Moon.

Each phase repeats itself every 29.5 days. There are 8 phases that the moon goes through.

HERE ARE THE MOON PHASES (IN ORDER)

NEW MOON: A new moon cannot be seen because we are looking at the sunlit half of the Moon.

WAXING CRESCENT: This is when the Moon looks like a crescent and gets bigger in size from one day to the next.

FIRST QUARTER: Half of the lit portion of the Moon is visible.

WAXING GIBBOUS: This occurs when more than half of the lit portion of the Moon can be seen. It gets bigger in size day by day.

FULL MOON: The entire lit portion of the moon can be seen!

WANING GIBBOUS: This occurs when more than half of the lit portion of the Moon can be seen but it gets smaller in size day by day.

LAST QUARTER: Half of the lit portion of the Moon is visible.

WANING CRESCENT: This is when the Moon looks like a crescent and gets smaller in size from one day to the next.

Now, Alpha science classroom has finished the science experiment of glow in the dark moon phases. The children also made various phases of the moon and learned a lot about the moon. Alpha science toys have science kit about the moon and other glow in the dark science kit. Parents can choose the right science experiment kit for their children so that children can learn the knowledge in science experiment toys easily, and become happy little geniuses.