The Moon & Its Phases
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The moon goes through eight phases in a cycle that repeats every 27 days and 8 hours. The phases are caused by the changing orientation of the moon in relation to the Earth and sun, and the amount of sunlight that reflects off the moon's surface and is visible from Earth. The moon does not produce its own light but shines due to reflected sunlight. The document discusses the moon's phases and cycle, how its appearance changes nightly, and how the moon rotates to always keep the same face toward Earth.
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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.comMoon, Phases of the Moon, OREO cookie activity Lesson PowerPoint
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- 1. The MOON & ITS PHASES
- 2. The moon changes visible shape each night.Follows a predictable patternThe shapes are called phasesThe phases last 27 days and 8 hours
- 3. The PhasesBegins with NEW MOON (not visible)WAXING CRESCENT
- 7. Goes back to new moon and repeatsWe all knowThe Earth revolves around the SunThe moon revolves around the Earth
- 8. When rotatingThe moon always has the same side facing EarthThis is becauseIt takes an equal amount of time to rotate on its axis
- 9. as it does to rotate the EarthThe phases we see are the same because of our view point from Earth
- 10. What makes the moon visible to us?The Suns reflectionThe moon does NOT make its own light
- 11. Depending on what position the moon is init determines what phase we see
- 12. If the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from Sunthe sun reflects entire moon on the side we can see
- 13. If the moon is between the Earth and Sunthe suns light hits the moons side we cant see
- 14. All the phasesThis includes all 8 named phases, plus the shapes in-between the named phases.
- 15. Questions to think aboutWhat are all the phases?How long does it take for all the phases to happen?What makes the moon visible to us?
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