Task
To find out what causes the phases of the moon. You will also be able to define the vocabulary words: rotate, orbit, crater, sun. You will be able to use these words when describing the phases of the moon. Using various websites research to find the answers to questions about the moon.
Process
Go to:
video:nationalgeographic.com/video/101-videos/moon-101-sci
Watch the video and answer the following question:
1. How many days does it take the moon to travel around the earth?
Go to:
www.wonderville.ca/asset/phases-of-the-moon
2. How many phases of the moon are there?
Go to:
www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/moon.html
3. What are craters? How were they made?
4. What are the names of the phases of the moon?
5. What on Earth is effected by the gravitational pull of the Moon?
Go to:
www.planetsforkids.org/moon-moon.html
6. What makes the Moon glow?
7. What does 'waxing' mean?
8. What does 'waning' mean?
9. Could people live on the moon? Why or why not?
Take a quiz:
www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/earths_moon/quiz4251.html
Want to watch some movies and learn more? Go to:
scroll down and watch the movie The Phases of the Moon
Still need some more facts? Go to:
www.coolkidsfacts.com/moon-facts-for-kids
Extra credit - Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon? Did he leave anything beyond? What was it?
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on the completion of all the questions. All questions must be in complete sentences.
Teacher Page
Question answers:
1. How many days does it take the Moon to travel around the earth? about 29 days
2. What effects do the Moon have on the Earth? tides of the oceans
3. How many phases of the Moon are there? 8
4.What are craters? How were they made? deep depressions in the surface, made from meteors, asteriods, and comets
5. What makes the moon glow? Light from the sun - it doesn't make its own light
6. What are the names of the phases of the Moon? New Moon, Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter - starts over
7. What does waxing mean? - growing
8. What does waxing mean? - shrinking
9. Could people live on the Moon? Why or Why not? Probably not - it is airless and waterless
Extra Credit - Neil Armstrong - he left his footprint because there is no wind on the Moon,