NASA
Nasa Space Place: What Are the Moon's Phases?
Describes the eight moon phases and why they happen.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Moon Phase Calculator
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Moon Phase Craze
This lesson is designed to use online technology resources to practice and reinforce knowledge learned in class on Moon Phases. Middle schoolers will view online animations with student interaction, while keeping a log of their phase...
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploration of Shadows: Earth, Moon, Sun System: Moon Phases Eclipses
A guided inquiry where students participate in the simulation of moon phases and eclipses.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Astronomy: The Phases of the Moon
This site from Cornell University provides great information on the different phases of the moon. As the Moon moves in its orbit around the Sun, our view of the side illuminated by the Sun changes. Furthermore, the rising and setting...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Phases of the Moon
When we look up at the night sky, why do we see the Moon's appearance changing over time from a full sphere to a crescent to nothing at all? Find the answers in this interactive resource adapted from the National Air and Space Museum.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: The Moon
Read about the birth of Earth's moon, its composition, orbit, visible phases, and other interesting facts. Link to a virtual moon phase interactive which shows the current lunar phase and the phase on any date in the past or future.
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.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Moon Phases
Students learn the names and sequence of the moon's phases in this SMART whiteboard activity. Students are asked to place these in phases in the appropriate order.
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, learners discover the patterns of the lunar phases through observations and other exploration activities.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Moon Phases Box
This activity is designed to allow learners 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...
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.
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Bill Nye: Baseball Moon
Bill Nye explains the phases of the moon with an experiment using a baseball, a lamp on a table, a dark room, and a stool or chair that swivels. As the person moves around, the changes in reflected light show the phases of the moon. The...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: The Moon
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the moon. It discusses the moon's phases, its rotation, and characteristics of the moon.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Moon and the Stars
When you are in the city, only a few of the brightest stars are visible. But when you are in the country, you can see many more stars than you can count. Sometimes you can even see the bright belt of our galaxy, the Milky Way. In this...
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...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Moon Phaser [Pdf]
In 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.
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sun, Earth, and Moon: Calendar of Events
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...
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