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Oreo Moon Phases Activity: [|Oreo Moon Phases Activity Link]  //Students will be able to explore and learn about the different moon phases via Oreo cookies. It's a great activity that students will love! // // Meredith Duncan //

**__Moon Manipulatives Activity__**: Students will learn about the lunar cycle by using paper manipulatives of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Manipulatives are great hands-on tools for students to use to explore the phases of the moon. This activity will also help students understand the relative postitions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun during each phase of the moon. Wendy Woods Modeling the Moon's Motions  This set of lessons uses a combination of teacher-directed lessons and student activities to help students understand the motions of the moon and how to interpret them. Primarily students will learn about the phases of the moon. Teaching tools provided for these lessons Aimee Welton __Moon Phase Transporter__  Students will learn about the eight moon phases and they will be able to see it first hand inside a moon phase transporter. The students will visually see the moon phases lighting from the flashlight. LINK: [] Jessica Torres
 * Transparencies for the teacher to use as part of the classroom lessons; students are provided with blank hard copies of the transparencies, to fill in and take notes on during the lecture/discussion
 * small models of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, which students manipulate as part of their activities
 * worksheets with analysis questions, to be completed by students at the end of each activity. These are designed to test students' understanding of the concepts modeled during each activitiy