The Oreo Connection To The Moon

Who doesn't love Oreos, especially when combined with a science lesson? We took time yesterday to learn about the eight phases of the moon that cycle through every twenty-nine and one half days. We discussed terms like waxing, waning, crescent and gibbous and have been observing the moon each night to identify the phase.
Today it was time for a moon phase model. We took four oreos, a paper plate, an extra-fine sharpie, icing, colored pencils and set to work to make our models.
The icing was our "glue" to hold the moon phases in place on the paper plate.
The Oreo cream center was spread to illustrate the various phases of the moon.
Finger lickin' good work!!!!



Did I mention that each student also received two extra Oreos that they were welcome to eat IF they didn't end up needing them for "moon phase repair"----- ie broken Oreos!!!!