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Read Works

Read Works: Nights of Light

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about seven different holidays that are celebrated with lights. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Features of the Moon

For Students 6th - 8th
A short tutorial explaining the main features of the moon's surface.
Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Space Travel (Level 1)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the history of space travel. Audio content is included as well as vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms.
Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Baseball Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial by Bill Nye explains how you can use a lamp and a baseball to understand the phases of the moon.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: America's Space Program Exploring a New Frontier

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site includes a lesson plan for teachers to use when teaching about America's space program. Also included is the history of the space program, maps, readings, images of the space program, and benefits that resulted from space...
Activity
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Oreo Cookie Moon Phases

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob provides instructions for making phases of the moon with Oreo cookies with fun moon facts.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Phases of the Moon [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson, 4th graders use their bodies to model the day/night cycles of the Sun and Earth. Next, they discuss the moon's role in the solar system and explore the eight phases of the moon by acting out a story. Finally, a song...
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moon Phaser [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th Standards
For this activity, 4th graders will study the moon for a period of one month and learn to identify each major moon phase. They will then describe the moon through poems, haikus, and similes.
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NASA

Science at Nasa: Ocean Tides Lost and Found

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what forces are at work on changing the tides of our oceans.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Orbital Motion

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Orbital motion and why it occurs, and the orbits of the Earth around the sun and the moon around the Earth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science: Sky Patterns

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes patterns that can be found in the movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Phases of the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how the steady motion of the Moon around the Earth, and the phases created by the relative position of the Earth, Sun, and Moon, allow us to tell time by simply looking at the shape and...
Handout
Cool Math

Coolmath: Science Monster: Our Moon

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about our planet's only satellite, better known as the moon in this colorful, illustrated tutorial.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Moon Phases

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will familiarize students with the phases of the moon. It can be taught in a unit dealing with the solar system. It involves all learning types-kinesthetic, auditory, tactile, and visual.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Moon Phase Craze

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is designed to use online technology resources to practice and reinforce knowledge learned in class on Moon Phases. Learners will view online animations with student interaction, while keeping a log of their phase activities....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sun, Earth, and Moon: Calendar of Events

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
During this lesson students are going to take a look at moon phases and sunrise-sunset times in order to learn about daylight hours. Students discover that we do not always have the same amount of daylight each day. This lesson is best...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Phases of the Moon

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson will familiarize learners with the phases of the moon. It can be taught in a unit dealing with the solar system. It involves all learning types-kinesthetic, auditory, tactile, and visual.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Moon Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A general overview and review guide of the moon.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Formation of the Moon Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the formation of the moon using this study giude.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Moon Over a Month: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 month. It...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Pattern of the Moon's Changing Appearance

For Students K - 1st
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...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Different Appearances of the Moon

For Students K - 1st
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...
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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Earth's Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover interesting facts about Earth's partner, the moon, which is more like a double planet than a planet and a moon.
Interactive
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Moon Phase Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive tool displays moon phases for any given month and year. Explains why the moon has phases and what the Harvest and Blue Moon are.

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