Resources

Links

1. Moon Connection 
This website has all the information you could want about the moon including tools you can use such as moon calendars.

2.  NASA Solar System Exploration

     This website has information, explorer spotlights, resources, headlines, and facts about the moon.

3.  Astronomy for Kids 

This website includes educational games and resources for further learning.

4.  Science Kids 

You will find everything about space including quizzes, games, projects, images, facts, and videos on this website.

5.  Google Moon 

     Explore the surface of the moon, as well as landing sites and information about the Apollo missions.

Children Books

Fiction

1. Papa, Please get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle

This is the story of a girl whose father climbs a ladder to get her the moon so that she can play with it.

2. I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis  

In this story a young boy takes the moon on a walk around his neighborhood. 

3. Many Moons by James Thurber

Princess Lenore falls ill and asks her father, the King, to bring her the moon to help her get well.

4. Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

 Kitten thinks the full moon is a bowl of milk and he is determined to lick it. 

5. Moonday by Adam Rex

In this story the moon ends up in the backyard of a boy and his family.  Now there are no mornings, the tide comes into their yard, and the dogs come into their yard to howl.

Informational Text

6. The Moon by Seymour Simon

This text contains beautiful photographs of the moon in various phases and colors.

7. Phases of the Moon by Gillia M. Olson

This is a text for beginning readers to learn about the moon and its phases.

8. On the Moon by Anna Milbourne  

Real images of the moon's surface and cartoons of astronauts to show what it would be like to be an astronaut and visit the moon.

9. The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons

 In this book, there is a lot of interesting and helpful information about the moon.

10. The Moon Book: Fascinating Facts about the Magnificent Mysterious Moon by Kim Long

This book is a fully illustrated guide to Earth’s nearest neighbor. It will change forever the way you look at the night sky.

Apps

1. Moon Phases Lite shows the current moon phase. You can see the moon phases, day by day, the whole week, the month and see a lot of information about the current moon phase.

2. “The Solar System: Explore Your Backyard” is an interactive educational tool designed from the ground up to make the experience of learning about the universe around us more intuitive and fun.

3. Solar System Explorer will take you on an interactive 3D trip through our solar system. Featuring more than 35 planets, moons, asteroids and space probes that have visited them, you'll have a chance to see a different side of our little piece of the galaxy!