Children's Book

This children's book is called Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me by Eric Carle. All the phases except the new moon are shown in this book towards the end.

*POWELL: the youtube video wouldn't show up on my blog so if you want to see it the url is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Hvzh2BTxE

• Waxing crescent: rise at 9 am, set at 9 pm --> wrong
  
• Waxing half: rise at noon, set at midnight --> right
  
• Waxing gibbous: rise at 3 pm, set at 3 am --> right
• Full moon: rise at 6 pm, set at 6 am --> right
• Waning gibbous: rise at 9 pm, set at 9 am --> right
• Waning half: rise at midnight, set at noon --> wrong
• Waning gibbous: rise at 3 am, set at 3 pm --> wrong

a) if you are trying to defeat night burglars, what part(s) of the lunar cycle will cause you the most trouble?

New moon, waning and waxing crescents --> because the night would be the darkest

b) if someone gets a ticket during a full moon at 10 pm, can they use the defence that the moon got in their eyes because it was rising before them?

Yes, because the full moon rises at 6 p.m. therefore it would be at eye level at 10 p.m. while driving.

c) what does the pseudoscience statement, "the crazies come out during a full moon" have wrong with it?

Science proves that a lot more organisms are active during a full moon, and what are crazies?

d) when are the best times of the lunar cycle to stargaze?

The New moon because then all the constellations and stars would be visible instead of being covered up by the moon

e) do illustrators, in general, understand the cycle of the moon? Explain your reasoning.

No, because the moon phases are shown at incorrect times of the day and night and they don't know what phases of the moon are shaded.