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Phases of the Moon Flip Book

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Students make a flip book. In this moon lesson, students review the moon phases and how they occur. Students make a flip book to show the moon's motion around the Earth.

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the lunar cycle, the moon

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moon, phases of the moon, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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