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Lesson 19 of 20 · Day and Night

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Where Moonlight Comes From

Where Moonlight Comes From
🧪Lab Brief #19

Day and Night.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

What You'll Learn

Moonlight is actually sunlight bouncing off the moon and coming to us!

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2Do

Draw the sun and the moon. Which one do you see during the day?

Step 3Observe

What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.

Step 4Record

Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Does the moon make its own light?

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

What's the most surprising thing you learned today?

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Where Moonlight Comes From

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

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