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Matariki
Learn about the lunar calendar as it is used by the Maori people of New Zealand. Kids read the five paragraph passage then complete five matching, eight true/false, one vocabulary, seven fill-in-the-blank, and three discussion...
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Clip the Face
Middle schoolers discover the moon's phases and the rarity of eclipses. For this lunar lesson, students view a video titled Spin Around the Solar System: A Moon Dance, which demonstrates the key differences between a lunar and solar...
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Tantalizing Tangrams
Students create puzzles of animals based on the 12-animals cycle of the Lunar Calendar. They use logical or spatial relationship skills. Students comprehend the mathematical term geometry. They research the history, beliefs of the...
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Lowell Observatory Moon Clock
Students construct a paper moon clock to determine the moon's position. In this lunar position instructional activity, students use the provided printout to create a moon clock. They use the clock to determine the moon's position in the...
NASA
Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: The Calendar
A lesson plan that gives an overview of solar and lunar calendars, their history and lore. Also, of the day and the month, and their relations to the rotational period of the Earth and the orbital period of the Moon.For versions in...
Woodlands Junior School
Woodlands Junior School: The Phases of the Moon
This resource provides information about the lunar phases.
Harvard University
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Time and the Calendar
This instructional activity helps students discover the importance of time and the calendar, and how they each bring order to life. Each activity is designed for students understand the passage of time, how to keep time, international...
Other
About Korea: Land and Climate
In addition to reading about the location of Korea and its division into provinces, you can learn about the climate and its twenty-four sub-seasons.
Other
About Korea: Land and Climate
In addition to reading about the location of Korea and its division into provinces, you can learn about the climate and its twenty-four sub-seasons.
Teacher Planet
Teacher Planet: Chinese New Year Resource Page
Great site for lesson plans and activities centered around the Chinese New Year. Find sources on the history of the holiday, traditions, dragon costumes, and clipart.
Other
Livius: Caesar's Calendar Reform
A selection from Plutarch that highlights Caesar's desire to reform the calendar and how he came about with the changes he enforced.