The document provides educational content about lunar phases, including the definitions of rotation, revolution, and the lunar cycle. It explains the impact of the Moon on tides and its benefits for activities like surfing and farming. Additionally, it includes interactive elements such as videos, questions, and creative assignments related to the Moon's phases.
The document provides educational content about lunar phases, including the definitions of rotation, revolution, and the lunar cycle. It explains the impact of the Moon on tides and its benefits for activities like surfing and farming. Additionally, it includes interactive elements such as videos, questions, and creative assignments related to the Moon's phases.
The document provides educational content about lunar phases, including the definitions of rotation, revolution, and the lunar cycle. It explains the impact of the Moon on tides and its benefits for activities like surfing and farming. Additionally, it includes interactive elements such as videos, questions, and creative assignments related to the Moon's phases.
The document provides educational content about lunar phases, including the definitions of rotation, revolution, and the lunar cycle. It explains the impact of the Moon on tides and its benefits for activities like surfing and farming. Additionally, it includes interactive elements such as videos, questions, and creative assignments related to the Moon's phases.
1. The first few people in the video had some misconceptions about what causes the Moon to change. What is the real reason we have different Moon phases?
3. Answer here 2. When the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun what Moon phase will this be? 3. Why doesn’t the Earth block out the light between the Sun and the Moon during a normal month?
Read Part 1. Jot down notes and drawings that will help INPUT Read It! you remember the meanings STATION of these words. You can use Lunar Phases – Part 1 the sketch/scribble button on the toolbar. Moon phases, or the lunar cycle, are Tides in the ocean are caused by the known to benefit people on Earth. The pull of gravity from the Moon. Gravity rotation patterns of the Moon’s movement is a force that tries to pull two objects through the sky, because of the towards each other. During a new Moon Type/draw here. rotation of Earth, once allowed humans or a full Moon, the Sun, Earth, and to create ancient calendars. Rotation Moon are all aligned. When they are is the spinning of an object, like the aligned, tides are much higher than Earth, on its axis. other Moon phases due to a stronger lunar cycle pull of gravity. This is called a spring The lunar cycle is the change in the tide and surfers enjoy the bigger waves Type/draw here. appearance of the Moon as it makes due to the increase in water. one full revolution around the Earth. Revolution is the movement of an A full Moon also seems to benefit object, like the Earth, around another fishermen, allowing them to catch more revolution object. fish. The thought is that the light from the full Moon allows the fish to see the Type/draw here. Knowing the phases of the Moon may bait under the water. help surfers, fishermen and women, and farmers.
Read Part 2. Jot down notes and drawings that will help INPUT Read It! you remember the meanings STATION of these words. You can use Lunar Phases – Part 2 the sketch/scribble button on the toolbar. Farmers also use the Moon to help with their planting schedule. Farmers tides believe that the new and first-quarter Type/draw here. phases, known as the light of the Moon, are good for farming. This is when they choose to plant crops, lay down sod, and transplant. The full Moon to last quarter phases are also gravity good for farming, but for different Type/draw here. reasons. It is an optimal time to work on weeding, pruning and mowing.
We typically don’t think of the
benefits of the Moon because it is predictable, but the Moon can also be mysterious. It’s a constant fixture in our lives, but it impacts us in ways we don’t even realize!
Your Answers: INPUT Read It! STATION 1. Answer here Lunar Phases – Questions
1. What is the difference between 2. What would be another good title for 2. Answer here rotation and revolution? this passage? A. Revolution is spinning and rotation A. Moon and Tides is going around B. The Moons of Our Solar System 3. Answer here B. Revolution is going around an axis C. The Moon Phases in Order and rotation is also going around an axis D. Benefits of Knowing the Moon C. Rotation is going around an axis Phases and revolution is going around an 3. During which two phases would object surfer’s most likely benefit? D. Revolution is going around an axis A. New and full moon and rotation is going around an B. New moon and waxing crescent object C. Full moon and waxing gibbous D. 1st quarter and 3rd quarter
Move the model moon to Explore It!Part each of the positions by using your curser on the “handle” attached to it. 1 When the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun it is called a New Moon.
Move the moon over to the
position of the new moon.
When the Earth is
between the Moon and the Sun, this is called a Full Moon.
Move the model moon
through each of the phases and stop when you get to the Full Moon. INPUT STATION
Your Answers: Research 1. Answer here It! 2. Answer here Go to
3. Answer here https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tothemoon/puzzlers.html
4. Answer here 1. Read the information at the top of the page and attempt to answer the four puzzles at the bottom of the page. Record your answers on the answer sheet.
Illustrate a drawing on your lab write-up OUTPUT STATION Illustrate using the model below as a starting point. It! The goal is to show the light on the Moons as we would see them from Earth in their given positions.
E Sun
See the next page for
help on inserting pictures into the page. Go to Image Help OUTPUT STATION Illustrate It! There are several ways to get images into these pages.
1. Draw on your own paper. Take a picture and upload
that picture to this device, OR,
2. Draw with an app. Open Google Draw, Paint, or any
other graphics app. Draw your image, then either take a screenshot or picture of your image.
For either option, go to the “Insert” menu on the upper left
corner and choose “Pictures.” Is your work saved? Select “This Device” and browse to the folder where you Go Back to saved the picture. Click on the file name and click “Insert.” Illustrate It or Go Back to Lab Roo Write It! Question 1 Explain why the 1. Answer here Moon looks differently each night.
6. Answer here (4)_____ is the attractive force between two objects. It
is the cause of the (5)_____ due to the pull between the 7. Answer here oceans and the Moon. When the Moon changes in its appearance in the sky we call that the (6)_____. This 8. Answer here change occurs as the Moon makes one full (7)______ around the Earth. This is different than the Moon spinning on its axis, which is called (8)_____.
