Lesson+Plans+&+Websites





**Lesson** **Plans:** **Wendy Woods** 
 * Moon Box: The Moon Box is a working model of the moon phases. Students will use a shoe box, flashlight, and styrofoam ball to create their own moon observation model. Resource- []
 * Moon and Scale: This lesson has a handout which is included with it. The lesson explains the concepts of scale and how it relates to distant objects.-[[file:Scale Lesson Handout.pdf]]
 * Moon Clock: This lesson incorporates a simple two-part clock which the students make. The moon clock is a great tool for children to use at home for observations. Resource-


 * Websites: **
 * [] -This website can be used to find any moon phase on any date. Great site for the moon birthday activity.
 * [] -This website explains simply the reason we only see one side of the moon.
 * [] -This website includes information about observing the moon.

__Lesson Plans:__ Meredith Duncan [|Lesson Plan Website]
 * The Moon's Phases: The Moon's Phases Lesson Plan allows for students to use styrofoam balls attached to a stick with a central lightbulb in the classroom. Students rotate with their styrofoam "moon" to see how the different phases of the moon occur.


 * Moon Phase Book: This lesson let's students make their own moon to represent the different phases using paper plates to make a rotating model of the various moon phases. [|Moon Phase Book Lesson Plan]

[|Moon Observation Lesson Plan]
 * Moon Phase Observation Journal: This lesson plan allows student's to observe the moon every night and keep a journal of what they see. Students will learn why the different moon phases occur through observation and making predictions, along with in-class discussion. This lesson plan includes background information and common misconceptions as well.

__Websites: __
 * __[]__ This website has activities, information, and resources for lots of ideas related to Moon phases.
 * [] This website has several interactive links related to the moon phases.
 * [] This website contains general information about the moon phases.

__Lesson Plans - Aimee Welton __
This lesson plan has students use web sites to find the moon phase on their birthday for this year and a previous year. I think it could be extended to go back in time for a parent or grandparent’s day/year of birth or even a famous person. [|Birthday Moon Phase]

This is a great activity that includes the reading of the Moon book, observation of the moon by students and then having students make a podcast of the information that they have learned. It is targeted at second grade but I think it could easily be revised for the 6th grade classroom. [|Moon Observation and Podcast]

This lesson plan is designed for sixth grade and has students make a moon chart by observation and then write a paragraph describing what they found and sharing information with the class. [|Moon Chart]

__Web sites __
This website is by NASA and has two levels of information on the moon. Level one is for lower elementary grades and level two has information geared toward upper elementary and middle school kids. There is also a quiz on each page. [|Starchild]

I think this is an interesting website because is shows times for sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset. I think most people don’t think about the moon rising and setting and I think it would be interesting to kids and help them to understand what is happening with the moon each day. [|sun/moon rise/set]

This website has legends from different parts of the world about the moon. This is an excellent website to go along with //The Truth About the Moon// which describes African stories about the moon. [|moon legends]

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__ Lesson Plans- Jessica Torres __

 * This lesson plan is to make a moon phase flip book. The students will record the moon for one month and then they make a moon book about their findings. [|MoonPhaseFlipBook]
 * This lesson is for second to third graders. They get introduced to the different moon phases by using vanilla wafers and getting to make the different phases. They get to bite out the moon phase and trace it on their paper. [|MoonMunch]
 * This lesson is for third through fifth graders. Students learn about the Moon's changing appearance and its pattern of movement. Through class discussion, activities, and multimedia resources, students explore the phases of the Moon and are introduced to the concept of orbital motion.[|TheLunarCycle]

__ Websites: __

 * This website is on kidsastronomy.com and it states the different moon phases and a lot of good information about the moon and the different phases of the moon. It also states what the moon is on the day that you are visiting the website. [|KidsAstronomy]
 * I really like the following website because it has different games that the student can play to learn about the moon phases. There are four different kinds of games that you can play. [|MoonGame]
 * This website features a moon phase song that I think students would really enjoy. I found it very entertaining and it teaches a lot about the moon phases. [|MoonPhaseSong]