Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: What's Up There Anyway?
Far out there we observe the moon, its phases, and its constant changing position as we sit on a swing in the backyard. Investigate the science behind the moon through the activities provided.
Utah Education Network
Uen: A Moon With a View
Understand the rotation of the earth and the appearance of movement of other bodies in the sky.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Moon Phase Craze
This lesson plan is designed to use online technology resources to practice and reinforce knowledge learned in class on Moon Phases. Students will view online animations with student interaction, while keeping a log of their phase...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Moon Phases Box
This activity is designed to allow students to observe and recognize the phases of the moon. They will develop a better understanding of the relationship between the position of the earth, moon and sun and how that affects the area of...
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Oreo Cookie Moon Phases
Science Bob provides instructions for making phases of the moon with Oreo cookies with fun moon facts.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Oreo Cookies to Discover the Moon Phases
Students will understand the phases of the moon by scraping away the frosting from the inside of Oreo cookies, and placing them in moon phase order.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Lunar Phases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the phases of the moon and what causes them.
Other
Lunar and Planetary Institute: Moon Flip Book [Pdf]
Hands-on activity allows children to learn the phases of the Moon by creating their own flip book.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Moon Phases
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.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Baseball Moon
This tutorial by Bill Nye explains how you can use a lamp and a baseball to understand the phases of the moon.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Aspire: Lunar Phases
Two-part activity teaches about the phases of the moon.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Moon Light Through the Month
In this lesson, students are asked to order cards showing different phases of the moon. Includes student handouts.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Simple Ideas for Your Kid's Solar System Project
Provides detailed instructions for how to help a student make a solar system model, and additional suggestions for making a constellation poster, making a model showing phases of the moon, and creating a solar system model to scale.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Moon Phases: Making a Lunar Flipbook
After investigating the lunar phases as part of the Foss Kit on the Sun and the Moon, an additional activity would be to make a moon flip book to illustrate the different phases. Students will cut out pre-printed pictures of the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: The Moon in Motion: Monitoring the Moon's Phases
Using a moon calendar data-gathering tool, students discover the patterns of the lunar phases through observations and other exploration activities.
Other
On Hiatus: The Moon
This commercial site [without any advertising] provides a diagram of the current illumination of the Moon, and the dates of the most recent and upcoming New, Quarter, and Full Moon phases. All dates and times are in universal Time, only.
TOPS Learning Systems
Tops Learning Systems: Top Science: Moon on a Stick [Pdf]
Investigate why the moon does not always appear to be round.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Moon Watch Flip Book
Hands-on activity shows you how to make a flip book of the moon using close observation skills and simple materials. Includes animation that lets you view the moon in action through its different phases, worksheets, and illustrated...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Pattern of the Moon's Changing Appearance
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Moon Over a Month: Lesson Plan
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Different Appearances of the Moon
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...
Read Works
Read Works: The Moon Journal
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Amir who keeps a journal of the moon he sees each night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
The Happy Scientist: Why Is a Full Moon So Bright?
Activity helps students find out why a full moon is so bright.
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