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Title: Phases of the Moon


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Phases of the Moon
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Curriculum Standard
  • The learner will be able to show how the phases
    of the moon occur.

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Writing Assignment
  • After viewing this presentation, the student will
    write one paragraph on the phases of the moon and
    draw the correct phase of the moon for todays
    date.

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  • The phases of the moon are caused by the
    relative positions of the earth, sun, and moon.
    The moon goes around the earth, on average, in 27
    days 7 hours 43 minutes.
  • To see an animation of the moon circling the
    earth, click
  • Phases of the moon

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  • To see a calendar of the phases of the moon for
    the month, click
  • Phase of moon by month

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Moon Phases
  • As the moon circles the Earth, the shape of the
    moon appears to change this is because different
    amounts of the illuminated part of the moon are
    facing us. The shape varies from a full moon
    (when the Earth is between the sun and the moon)
    to a new moon (when the moon is between the sun
    and the Earth).

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Full Moon
  • A full moon appears as an entire circle in the
    sky.

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Quarter Moon/Half Moon
  • A half moon looks like half a circle. It is
    sometimes called a quarter moon


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Crescent Moon
  • A crescent moon is part way between a half moon
    and a new moon, or between a new moon and a half
    moon.

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New Moon
  • The new moon is the phase of the moon when the
    moon is not visible from Earth, because the side
    of the moon that is facing us is not being lit by
    the sun.

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Writing Assignment
  • Write one paragraph on the phases of the moon and
    draw a picture of the moons phase for todays
    date.
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