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Spinning into Space
Students, through hands-on activities, teacher demonstrations, pictures, and informational books, complete a unit on the Earth and its place in the Universe. They make mobiles of the Milky Way and watch demonstrations of lunar and solar...
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Phase to Phase with the Moon
Fourth graders study the Moon phases. The lesson includes hands-on activities as well as web-based activities. They use models of the Moon and a lamp to study each of the phases of the Moon, and test their knowlege of the Moon on a web...
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Moon Phases
Five multiple choice questions are provided in the handout about the phases of the moon. A digaram is included to help astronomy learners answer the questions. The diagram is meant to represent the appearance of the moon from the...
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Phases of the Moon
Circles, divided into halves, are arranged in a cycle for aspiring astronomers to color in according the phases of the moon. Next to each are lines on which they can write the name of the phase and boxes in which they can number the...
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Line Ups
Fifth graders describe the lunar cycle. develop an understanding of the order and phases of the moon. Each student in a team contributes orally in order to make a line up of the moon phases in order.
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Moon Exploration
Third graders examine the various phases of the moon. They define each moon phase, create an illustration for each phase, identify patterns in the moon's phases for the upcoming months, and take a quiz.
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Phases of the Moon: Cooperative Learning
Third graders examine the phases of the moon. In this moon phase lesson, 3rd graders listen to a read aloud of The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley and discuss the phases of the moon. They complete a moon phase calendar and...
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Students complete lessons on a butterfly life cycle, moon phases, hot water, and shadows. In this science lesson plan, students complete activities where they read books, look at demonstrations, and complete experiments.
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Moon Phase Stations
Third graders investigate the moon. In this Earth science lesson, 3rd graders discuss the moon phases and how every 4 weeks the moon cycles through these phases.
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Birthday Moons
Students find the phase of the moon on the date of their birth. In this science activity, students chart the moon from the date of their birth till they were one month old. Students fill out a graphic organizer after visiting a web...
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Wax On, Wane Off
Students investigate the cycles of the moon through an in class experiment. In this lunar lesson, students utilize a tennis ball and their own head to simulate the moon and Earth and create moon phases by observing the tennis ball from...
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Moon Observation Sheet
In this moon observation worksheet, students observe the moon for a week, draw their observations, identify the phases of the moon, and indicate the time they observed the moon.
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Student Exploration: Phases of the Moon
In this moon phase worksheet, students complete 2 prior knowledge questions, then use the "Phase of the Moon Gizmo" to complete several activities, answering short answer questions when finished.
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Phases of the Moon
In this phases of the moon worksheet, students first fill in and label a graphic organizer showing the moon's phases, then complete 5 fill in the blank sentences.
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Earth's Moon
In this moon worksheet, students review the different phases of the moon and differences between a lunar and solar eclipse. This worksheet has 13 fill in the blank and 5 true or false questions.
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How Does the Moon Seem to Change?
In this moon instructional activity, students will discover why the moon seems to change in appearance over a month time period. Students will fill in the blanks of 5 statements in this graphic organizer.
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The Earth-Moon System
In this Earth and moon instructional activity, students will review the different phases of the moon, how eclipses are created, and how the moon influences tidal patterns. This instructional activity has 13 fill in the blank, 8 true or...
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The Moon
Students explore the relationship between the earth, sun, and moon in our solar system. They create a moonrise/moonset chart, perform a dance that models the moon phases, and create a Styrofoam model of the moon's surface.
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Lesson Plan # 1 - Phases of the Moon
Students explore and identify moon phases, watch teacher demonstration of different phases using globe and flashlight to represent moon and sun, and discuss reasons why there are moon phases.
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Phases of the Moon
Young scholars determine the phases of the moon. They observe experiments to formulate explanations for moon phases. Students identify waxing crescent, waning gibbous, and the causes of the phases.
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The Starry Night Time and Day Time
Second graders complete a unit of lessons on the solar system. They complete various art projects inspired by Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' create a moon phases book, create a moon phase wind chime, develop a timeline of space exploration,...
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Moon Phase Bulletin Board Lesson Plan
Students create a poster board showing the phases of the moon. They use the Internet to research the different phases and examine the calendar. They discuss what patterns they notice occuring.
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It's Just a Phase
Students describe the phases of the moon and play a game with moon phase cards.
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Patterned Paragraphs
Middle schoolers reinforce the importance of being specific while dealing with events of a sequential nature, such as the phases of the moon.