Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Moon Phases: Making a Lunar Flipbook
After investigating the lunar phases as part of the Foss Kit on the Sun and the Moon, an additional activity would be to make a moon flip book to illustrate the different phases. Students will cut out pre-printed pictures of the...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Moon Watch Flip Book
Hands-on activity shows you how to make a flip book of the moon using close observation skills and simple materials. Includes animation that lets you view the moon in action through its different phases, worksheets, and illustrated...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Moon Over a Month: Lesson Plan
Young scholars observe, identify, and describe how the Moon appears to change over the course of a month. They engage with a media slideshow of real-life images to describe how the Moon appears to change in a predictable pattern each...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Pattern of the Moon's Changing Appearance
Students use an interactive model to gather evidence about the visible Moon's changing pattern over 30 days in this resource from Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They use this evidence to record and make...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Different Appearances of the Moon
The digital slideshow provides students with the opportunity to observe and use evidence from their observations to predict and record how the Moon appears to follow a regular pattern of change over time. Teaching tips and background...
Other
The Happy Scientist: Why Is a Full Moon So Bright?
Activity helps students find out why a full moon is so bright.
Read Works
Read Works: The Moon Journal
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Amir who keeps a journal of the moon he sees each night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Observing the Moon
Learners make drawings of the moon at different times to see if the moon always looks the same and if its surface looks different at different times.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: El Universo, La via Lactea Y El Sistema Solar
Ministerio de Educacion: El Universo, la Via Lactea y el Sistema Solar.
Curated OER
Phases of the Moon
What is a lunar eclipse? What causes eclipses? How often do eclipses happen and when is the next lunar eclipse? You'll find the answers to these questions and more on this site on lunar eclipses.
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Pic Moon Clock
Explains the design of a simple device that shows the progress of the phases of the Moon on its 29 1/2 day orbit around the Earth.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Moon Phases
Students learn the names and sequence of the moon's phases in this SMART whiteboard activity. Students are asked to place these in phases in the appropriate order.
Other
Birthday Moons: It's Just a Phase You're Going Through
Ever notice that the moon appears to change shape? Does this occur randomly or is there a pattern? Discover the answer by taking a virtual trip to the moon for your birthday.
US Navy
Astronomical Applications Department: Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
You can obtain the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon's phase by specifying the date and location in one of the two...
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibit: The Chinese Calendar
This website gives very detailed information about all aspects of the Chinese calendar.
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibit: The Jewish Calendar
This website gives very detailed information about all aspects of the Jewish calendar.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Moon Phases Diagram
Learn more about the phases of the Moon with this useful moon phases diagram. The phases include new moon, waning crescent, last quarter, waning gibbous, full moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter and waxing crescent. For more information...
Curated OER
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Moon
In this online textbook produced by the Smithsonian, students explore the phases of the moon, the moon's orbit, the origin of the moon, and the tides. Includes numerous inquiry-based activities.
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