Moon Phases
Your child knows the Moon changes shape over about a month. It goes from a thin sliver to a full circle, then back again. The same pattern repeats every month.
In curriculum terms
Observe and describe the Moon's changing shape over about a month, recognising that it goes through a repeating cycle of phases from new moon (invisible) to full moon (complete circle) and back again
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If you asked your child to look at the Moon several nights in a row, could they notice that it changes shape and describe the pattern?
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).