Dear Students

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Dear Students

• This presentation is about to start.
• W
• L
• L
• stands for
• Watch,
  Listen, and Learn.
• There will be a Moon Wise TRIVIA quiz
• at the end of this presentation.
• Enjoy the show
• 
  
  Mrs. Gensemer

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Gensemer Sci-STARS Productions Presents

• Another Adventure in Gods Wonderous Universe..

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The Phases of the
MOON
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Each moonth the moon changes shapewatch !
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Why does the moon change shape?(an inquisitive
student wants to know!)

• 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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WHAT IS THE NEAR SIDE AND FAR SIDE OF THE MOON?

• The same side of the moon always faces the Earth.
  The far side of the moon was first observed by
  humans in 1959 when the unmanned Soviet Luna 3
  mission orbited the moon and photographed it.
  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (on NASA's Apollo
  11 mission, which also included Michael Collins)
  were the first people to walk on the moon, on
  July 20, 1969. If you were standing on the
  moon, the sky would always appear dark, even
  during the daytime. Also, from any spot on the
  moon (except on the far side of the moon where
  you cannot see the Earth), the Earth would always
  be in the same place in the sky the phase of the
  Earth changes and the Earth rotates, displaying
  various continents.

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Moon Cycle

• The phases of the moon change.

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Definitions of the Phases

• Crescent Moon - when we can see only a sliver of
  the moon's disk (the side of the moon facing us)
  Full Moon - when the moon's disk is light because
  the Earth is between the sun and the moon
• Gibbous Moon - when we can see roughly
  three-quarters of the moon's disk
• Half Moon - (also called quarter moon) when we
  can see one half of the moon's disk (this is
  one-quarter of the entire moon's surface)
• New Moon - when the moon's disk is dark (and
  invisible to us) because the moon is between the
  sun and the Earth Quarter Moon - (also called
  half moon) when we can see one half of the moon's
  disk (this is one-quarter of the entire moon's
  surface)
• Waning Moon - when the moon seems to be getting
  smaller, going from full to gibbous to half to
  crescent to new
• Waxing Moon - when the moon seems to be getting
  bigger, going from new to crescent to half to
  gibbous to full
  

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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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GIBBOUS MOON

• A gibbous moon is between a full moon and a half
  moon, or between a half moon and a full moon.

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HALF MOON

• A half moon looks like half a circle. It is
  sometimes called a quarter moon (this Moon has
  completed one quarter of an orbit around the
  Earth from either the full or new position and
  one quarter of the moon's surface is visible from
  Earth).

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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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Moonrise from Earth

• The moon rises and sets every day, appearing on
  the horizon just like the sun. The time depends
  on the phase of the moon. It rises about 30 to 70
  minutes later each day than the previous day, so
  the moon is out during daytime as often is it's
  out at night. At the time of the new moon, the
  moon rises at about the same time the sun rises,
  and it sets at about the same time the sun sets.
• As the days go by (as it waxes to become a
  crescent moon, a half moon, and a gibbous moon,
  on the way to a full moon), the moon rises during
  daytime (after the sun rises), rising later each
  day, and it sets at nighttime, setting later and
  later each night.
• At the full moon, the times of moonrise and
  moonset have advanced so that the moon rises
  about the same time the sun sets, and the moon
  sets at about the same time the sun rises.
• As the moon wanes (becoming a half moon and a
  crescent moon, on the way to a new moon), the
  moon rises during the night, after sunset, rising
  later each night. It then sets in the daytime,
  after the sun rises.
• Eventually, the moon rises so late at night that
  it's actually rising around sunrise, and it's
  setting around sunset. That's when it's a new
  moon once again.

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Activity

• Number from 1-10. Name the phases of the moon

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Activity Identify the Phases

• Check your answers

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Moon Wise Its a Hoot !

• What have you learned? Tell the Wise Night Owl.

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Moon Wise Trivia QuestionsNumber your paper
1-10. Fill in the word for the blank (s).

• 1. When the moon changes shape, the changing
  process is called m_______ p________.
• 2.The moon changes as the Earth r_______.
• 3. A new moon is not visible from the Earth
  because it rises at n______and sets at
  d_________.
• 4. At full moon the S_____ rises and sets at the
  same time as the moon.
• 5. Waxing the moon seems to be getting b______.
• 6. Waning the moon seems to get s_________.
• 7. When we see one quarter of the moons surface
  it is a h______ moon.
• 8. When we see about three-quarters of the moon
  it is g_______ moon..
• 9. When we see a silver shape of the moons disc
  it is a c_______ moon.
• 10. The far side of the moon was first observed
  in 1959 by the Soviet
• _______ 3 mission.
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Wise Owls Answers to Trivia

• 1. When the moon changes shape, the changing
  process is called moon phases.
• 2. The moon changes as the Earth rotates.
• 3. A new moon is not visible from the Earth
  because it rises at night and sets at day.
• 4. At full moon the Sun rises and sets at the
  same time as the moon.
• 5. Waxing the moon seems to be getting bigger.
• 6. Waning the moon seems to get smaller.
• 7. When we see one quarter of the moons surface
  it is a half moon.
• 8. When we see about three-quarters of the moon
  it is gibbous moon..
• 9. When we see a silver shape of the moons disc
  it is a crescent moon.
• 10. The far side of the moon was first observed
  in 1959 by the Soviet
• Luna 3 mission.
• Wise Night Owls Moon Trivia Ratings
• Awesome Astronomical Pilot 10 correct
• Amazing Moonwalker 9 - 8 correct
• Moonbeam
  7 correct
• Marooned on the Moon 6 - 4 correct
• Phased Out ! 3 0
  correct

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Home Activity Fun

• Watch the moon phases this week.
• Draw and label them on your moon journal.

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You are now... pronounced Moon wise !
THE END
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CURTAIN CALL CREDITS

• Producer Mrs. Kathleen Gensemer, Science
  Teacher
• Power Point Editing Mr. Donald Scot Gensemer
• Animation/Picture Clips Microsoft Online Clips
  and Animation
• Wise Night Owls Triva Mrs. G.
• Moon Phases Chart Activity, pictures, and
  information Enchanted Learning.com
• Moon Phase Moonth Movie www.bedford.k12.ny.us/
  flhs/science/moonphaseanimation.html
• Technical Sound Advice B. and D. Gensemer