Oreos

Our moon phases activity was terrific.  The kids were each given 8 oreos to divide.  It was funny to see how many of them had never pulled their Oreos apart.  That was one of my favorite things when I ate them as a child.  They then had to carve out the different phases of the moon. We had a terrific discussion about what the terms waning and waxing meant and if the moons for gibbous or crescent.  It is amazing to me how they think during science time.  They are so inquisitive!  I only wish I could get that excitement during language arts :)