Phases of the moon

1. PHASES OF THE MOON

2. Review

3. Sing a song: Phases of the Moon Song

4. What is the song
all about?

5. Do I Know You?
Full Moon
1.
2.
Half Moon
3.
Quarter Moon

6. Video: Phases of the Moon

7. Guide Questions:
1.What is the videos all about?
2.How many days does the moon revolves
around the Earth?
3.What are the Phases of the Moon?
4.Why do you think that Moon have different
phases?
5.What did you discover about the moon?

8. TERMINOLOGIES:
Wane (Waning)
- (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible
surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
Wax (Waxing)
- the moon at any time after new moon and before full
moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.
Gibbous
- (of the moon) having the observable illuminated part
greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.

9. Phases of the Moon

10. Remember These:
Note :2,288 miles per hour (3,683 kilometers per hour). During this time it travels a distance of 1,423,000 miles
(2,290,000 kilometers).

11. Eclipse
A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is exactly between the Moon
and the Sun so none of the Sun's rays can hit the moon. A
solar eclipse is when the moon exactly blocks the Sun's rays
from hitting the Earth. A lunar eclipse can be seen from
anywhere on the dark side of the Earth. A solar eclipse can
be seen from certain places on Earth as the moon only blocks
the sun for a small area. Solar Eclipses always happen during
the new moon phase.

12. Generalization:
What are the Phases of the
Moon?

13. Application:
Why is it important to learn
the Phases of the Moon?

14. Answer the following questions.
1. When the moon is between the sun and earth, we
cannot see the lighted side of the moon.
2. A thin slice of light at the edge of the moon.
3. The natural satellite of the Earth.
4. How many days does the Moon revolve around the
Earth?
5. Earth has only one Moon. (True or False)
Answers: 1. New Moon 2. Crescent Moon 3. Moon
4. 28 days 5. True

15. Assignment:
Draw the different Phases of the Moon
with label and description for each
Phase. Do it on your big notebook.