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Moon Lesson Plans
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Students research the moon. They view pictures of moon phases and draw some of these phases with interactive software. They focus on the moon surface and how the moon phases occur.
Students explore why when you examine the moon depends on its location in relationship to the sun and Earth. The moon never goes away or changes shape-we just see a different fraction of sunlight being reflected from the moon to Earth.
Students react to statements about the moon, then read a news article about NASA's plans to build a permanent base on the moon. In this space science and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and a vocabulary activity, then students read the news piece and participate in a think-pair-share discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.
In this lesson learners read about the moon and experiment to understand the phases of the moon. In this phases of the moon lesson, learners experiment with a ball and a flashlight to explore the phases of the moon. In this lesson learners understand the meaning of phase, waxing, and waning. In this lesson learners complete the lesson by diagramming the phases.
This lesson has students become familiar with the phases of the moon. In this moon lesson, students recognize that gravitational force keeps the moon in orbit. This lesson has students experiment with light to understand how the sun reflects on the moon. This lesson has students complete a web quiz.
7th graders keep a detailed moon journal that charts the phases of the moon's cycle and describes the reasons why the moon's appearance changes.
This lesson has students react to statements about space exploration, then read a news article about plans to resume manned flights to the moon. In this space science and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and participate in a class discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.
6th graders investigate the phases of the moon. In this moon phase lesson, 6th graders discover that the moon changes in a cycle as it orbits Earth. 6th graders label pictures of moon phases and keep a moon phase journal. 6th graders work in partners to correctly order the moon phases.
In this lesson students explore the concept of Elongation. In this solar time lesson, students analyze the phases of the moon and position of the sun to create a flip book. In this lesson students will use their books to determine the local time using the sun and moon.
Students explore the moon. In this moon lesson, students complete a WebQuest and discover the relationship between the Earth and Moon. Students observe the moon and study the different phases. After completing the WebQuest, students create a PowerPoint presentation or construct a nonfiction picture book.
