Phases of the Moon

Phases of the Moon

Multiple Choice

Do you think that the phases of the moon affect your sleeping pattern?

• OBVIOUSLY!

• Not at all....

According to recent research:

• participants took five minutes longer to fall asleep, slept for 20 minutes less, took longer to reach REM sleep, experienced a 30% reduction in deep sleep, and reported reduced sleep quality.

• total sleep time during the full moon Trusted Source National Library of Medicine, Biotech InformationThe National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.View Source was reduced by 25 minutes while arousals and awakenings increased.

YES!

Open Ended

Can you guess why the moon has phases?

Why?

• New Moon

• Waxing crescent

• First quarter

• Waxing gibbous

• Full moon

• Waning gibbous

• Last quarter

• Waning crescent

What are the phases

What does this look like from space ?

Match

Match the following:

New Moon

Waxing or waning gibbous

Waning or waxing crescent

Full moon

First or last quarter

• New Moon

• Waxing or waning gibbous

• Waning or waxing crescent

• Full moon

• First or last quarter