Review Lunar Phases

Learning Objective: I will review the characteristics of Earth’s Moon and the different lunar phases.

DOL: Given 5 questions, I will analyze characteristics of Earth’s Moon by identifying the different lunar phases and how they are formed with 100% accuracy.

By Amanda Cooper

​R.C.-The Moon changes from not visible to fully visible and then back to not visible.

Why does this happen?

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Write down 3 new facts about the moon!

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2. …

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​Brain Dump-Added Characteristics of the moon.

• Structure: Solid rock

• Surface: rock and dust; trace of ice; no air; no life

• NO ATMOSPHERE

• Diameter: 2,160 miles

• Distance from Earth: 238,000 miles

• Age: 4.5 billion years

• Rotation: 27 days

• Revolves around Earth: 27 days

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The Moon does ​

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create its own light.




It ​

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light from the Sun.




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of the Moon is always lit by the Sun.

Open Ended

Using the image, compare the size of the moon to Earth.

Terms to use:

Volume

Density

Mass

Gravitational Pull

Multiple Choice

Why is the moon so important anyways???

• Gravitational pull of the moon also controls the ocean tides and most types of ocean waves. 

• Gravitational pull causes the Sun to rise and set each day.

• Gravitational pull controls the direction of the wind on Earth.

​Annotate-Brain Dump! Why do we have a lunar cycle?

The phases of the lunar cycle are defined by how the Moon appears from Earth as the Moon is revolving around the Earth.

​Look at the outer circle

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Create a flow chart of the New Moon.

​New Moon

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Waxing

As the Moon revolves, we see​

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of the illuminated half of the Moon.




Light appears to ​

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.

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Hold up your right hand and make a crescent - 

This is WAXING crescent or WAXING gibbous

Draw

Draw each of the moons from how we see it from Earth using yellow to show the illumination of the moon and black to show the side that is not illuminated.

Use guided reading

Labelling

Label each of the moon's phases.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Waxing gibbous

New Moon

First quarter

Waxing Crescent

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From the Earth, the Moon appears ​

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lit.




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through the lunar cycle.

Multiple Choice

• Waxing

• Waning

​R.C.-
According to the image, what are two facts about the waning phases?

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Drag and Drop

A lunar cycle lasts ​

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days.




The lunar cycle begins and ​

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with a ​

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moon.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

29

ends

New

30, starts, Full

Open Ended

The graphs shows the intensity of moonlight throughout the lunar cycle. How do you know this graph accurately represents the appearance of the Moon during the lunar cycle? Explain your answer.

​DOL TIME!!!