The document discusses phases of the moon, including its distance from Earth, exploration history including Apollo missions, lunar surface features, and common misconceptions. It provides details on lunar phases and how the moon's appearance changes throughout the month due to its orbit and rotation. The document aims to dispel myths including that the far side is always dark, the moon affects behavior, and that it appears larger at the horizon.
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This PowerPoint is one small part of the Astronomy Topics unit from www.sciencepowerpoint.com. This unit consists of a five part 3000+ slide PowerPoint roadmap, 12 page bundled homework package, modified homework, detailed answer keys, 8 pages of unit notes for students who may require assistance, follow along worksheets, and many review games. The homework and lesson notes chronologically follow the PowerPoint slideshow. The answer keys and unit notes are great for support professionals. The activities and discussion questions in the slideshow and meaningful. The PowerPoint includes built-in instructions, visuals, and follow up questions. Also included are critical class notes (color coded red), project ideas, video links, and review games. This unit also includes four PowerPoint review games (110+ slides each with Answers), 38+ video links, lab handouts, activity sheets, rubrics, materials list, templates, guides, and much more. Also included is a 190 slide first day of school PowerPoint presentation. Teaching Duration = 5+ weeks. Areas of Focus in the Astronomy Topics Unit: The Solar System and the Sun, Order of the Planets, Our Sun, Life Cycle of a Star, Size of Stars, Solar Eclipse, Lunar Eclipse, The Inner Planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Craters, Tides, Phases of the Moon, Mars and Moons, Rocketry, Asteroid Belt, NEOs, The Torino Scale, The Outer Planets and Gas Giants, Jupiter / Moons, Saturn / Moons, Uranus / Moons, Neptune / Moons, Pluto's Demotion, The Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, Comets / Other, Beyond the Solar System, Types of Galaxies, Blackholes, Extrasolar Planets, The Big Bang, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, The Special Theory of Relativity, Hubble Space Telescope, Constellations, spacetime and much more. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks again and best wishes. Sincerely, Ryan Murphy M.Ed www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com
8 phases of the moon
New Moon
Waxing Crescent Moon
First Quarter Moon
Waxing Gibbous Moon
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous Moon
Third Quarter Moon
Waning Crescent
Power Point notes that I use in class. I did not make this presentation. I got it from the internet, the reference is on the first page. I may have altered it from it\'s origninal state though.
In depth description of the Moon/s phases and why they are as they are. Uses some great internet animations of various situations explaining why we see what we see from Earth. Also discusses the tides and why they are caused by the moon's gravity.
8 phases of the moon
New Moon
Waxing Crescent Moon
First Quarter Moon
Waxing Gibbous Moon
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous Moon
Third Quarter Moon
Waning Crescent
Power Point notes that I use in class. I did not make this presentation. I got it from the internet, the reference is on the first page. I may have altered it from it\'s origninal state though.
In depth description of the Moon/s phases and why they are as they are. Uses some great internet animations of various situations explaining why we see what we see from Earth. Also discusses the tides and why they are caused by the moon's gravity.
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This is a PowerPoint that is about Exploring Earth Science. This is geared towards 3rd grade students. This is very picture heavy so it will easily keep the attention of young children. It is also full of helpful information
2. Earth Moon System
• The average distance from the Moon to the
Earth is 384,404 km.
– Closest approach is Perigee 356,334 km.
– Farthest is Apogee 406,610 km.
• Diameter of the Moon is 3475.9 km = 0.27
diameter of the Earth (12756 km)
• Mass is 1/80th that of Earth.
• Volume 1/49th that of the Earth.
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3. Exploration of the Moon
• 3 human space flight programs:
1. Project Mercury: Alan Shepard
2. Project Gemini: 2 men in space
3. Apollo Program
• Between 1969 and 1972 six Apollo spacecraft
were sent to the moon.
• Apollo 1 disaster (fire on launch pad)
• 12 people have walked on the moon
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8. What is it like on the moon?
• FGravity is 1/6th that of Earth
• Not strong enough to hold gases
• No atmosphere
• Temperature Range: 135oC to -170oC
• No wind, no weather, no erosion
• Frozen ice at poles
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11. Maria: dark surfaces, reflect little light.
-once thought to be bodies of surface water
-actually dark solidified lava
Rilles: run through maria, lava channels that
look like dry riverbeds
Craters: bowl-shaped surface depressions
-most from impacts 4 billion years ago
-some have diameters 250km across
No erosion means the surface has not changed
much in 4 billion years!
Phases of the Moon 11
12. Charles M Duke next to a crater
Apollo 16 (youngest person to walk on the moon)
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13. The Moon
• The Moon shines by reflected sunlight.
– On average, it reflects about 7% of the incident
light from the sun.
– The Moon appears about 400,000 times fainter
than the Sun in the sky.
• The phases of the Moon are due to the
relative position of the earth, moon and sun.
– A common misconception is that the phases of the
Moon are caused by “the shadow of the Earth on
the moon.”
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18. Phases of the Moon
Phase Moonrise Transit Moonset
New Sunrise Noon Sunset
Waxing Crescent 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 p.m.
First Quarter Noon 6 p.m. Midnight
Waxing gibbous 3 p.m. 9 p.m. 3 a.m.
Full Moon 6 p.m. Midnight 6 a.m.
Waning Gibbous 9 p.m. 3 a.m. 9 a.m.
Third Quarter Midnight 6 a.m. Noon
Waning Crescent 3 a.m. 9 a.m. 3 p.m.
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19. Orbit of the Moon
• The time it takes the Moon to go through its
phases is called the
synodic period and is 29.5 days.
• The time it takes the Moon to orbit the Earth
with respect to the stars is the sidereal period
and is 27.3 days.
• The orbit of the Moon is inclined by 5 degrees
with respect to the ecliptic.
Phases of the Moon 19
20. Lunar Lunacy
• Another common misconception is
that the Moon affects the weather, the
number of births, the number of arrests,
and the number of emergency room
admissions.
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21. Lunar Lunacy
• The astronomer George Abell studied
the birth rate as a function of the phase
of the Moon.
– He looked at 11,691 live births at the UCLA
hospital between March 17, 1974 and April
30, 1978 and found no correlation.
– He then narrowed it down to the 8,142
natural (not caesarean) births and found no
correlation.
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22. Lunar Lunacy
• The human female menstrual cycle
averages 28 days, not 29.5.
– If it is influenced by the lunar phases, then
all mammals should have the same cycle
length.
• Guinea pigs 11 days, rats and mice 5 days
• Sheep 16 days, chimpanzees 37 days
• Cows and horses 21 days
• Opossum 28 days
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24. Rotation of the Moon
• The Moon always presents the same
face towards Earth.
– Another common misconception is that this
means that the Moon does not rotate.
– However, in order to keep the same face
toward Earth, the Moon must rotate once
every orbit.
– The far side of the Moon is not dark, it gets
just as much sunlight as the near side.
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28. Mark Twain
• “Everyone is a Moon, and has a dark
side which he never shows to anybody.”
– Mark Twain
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29. Misconception:
Dark Side of the Moon
• The “Dark Side” of the Moon should
really be called the “Far Side.”
– The far side gets just as much light as the
near side. For example, during a new
moon, the near side of the Moon is dark,
and the far side of the Moon is fully
illuminated!
– http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/dark_side.html
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30. Sorry Pink Floyd Fans…
Roger, David, Rick, and Nick got
it wrong!
One of the best selling albums of all time!
Phases of the Moon 30
31. Lunar Libration
• You might expect that if the Moon always
keeps the same face pointed toward Earth,
that we can only see 50% of the Moon.
– However, the Moon appears to rock back and
forth. This back and forth rocking is called
libration.
• In its elliptical orbit around Earth, the Moon moves faster
when close to the Earth and slower when farther. Since
its rotation is fairly constant, we get to see a little bit
around each limb.
• In addition, the orbit of the Moon is tilted with respect to
the ecliptic, so we get to see somewhat beyond the poles
as the Moon moves above and below the ecliptic.
• 59% of the Moon is visible Moon on Earth.
Phases of the
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33. Misconception: The Size of
the Rising Moon
• Many people believe the rising moon is
larger than when the Moon is high
overhead.
– The Moon is actually slightly larger when it
is high overhead!
– The effect is an illusion, however, the
illusion is not well understood! See these
links for more details:
• http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/moonbig.html
• http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/moonillu.htm
Phases of the Moon 33
36. Does the size change?
• Yes
• The moon appears 10% larger during
Perigee (closer) than it does during
Apogee
• Tough to see this difference in size
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37. Interesting moon factoids
• In 1961 President John F. Kennedy said: "I believe that this
nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this
decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him
safely to the Earth."
• At 10:17 pm on July 20th, 1969 (six hours after landing) Neil
Armstrong took his “small step.” He was joined by fellow
astronaut “Buzz” Aldrin minutes later. Michael Collins orbited
overhead. They were part of the Apollo 11 mission.
• Armstrong really said, “This is one small step for a man,” and
not “one small step for man” as is commonly reported.
• No weather on the moon, no erosion, so something as delicate
as a footstep will last a very long time!
Phases of the Moon 37
38. Here fishy fishy…
Some believe that the best fishing
takes place during a full or new moon.
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