Is that a waxing crescent or waning gibbous moon? Here's a comprehensive set of worksheets complete with great visuals that will have your kids spouting off the lunar cycle in order! 

Concepts

the lunar cycle, the full moon, the moon

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• As kids are completing these worksheets, have them keep a moon journal at home, drawing images of what they see each night

Classroom Considerations

• In the "What's the Phase?" worksheet, some kids may be confused about questions 9 and 10, which have strange numbering

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Pros

• Learners draw the moon phases as well as examine photographs

Cons

• None