First Version of Activity:

Students given just vocabulary and

asked to create their own model.
Earth Patterns
& Moon Phases
Directions:

1. Read the vocabulary for each topic.

2. On the next slide, create a model using ALL of the

vocabulary as labels for your pictures.

3. The model should represent what you know about

each of the topics. Do not just copy and paste an
entire model off of the internet.
Vocabulary for Day and Night

Day Axis
Night Sun
Earth Moon
Rotation or Rotate
On this slide, create a model of what causes day and night on Earth
using the vocabulary from the previous slide as labels.
Vocabulary for Seasons

Summer
Earth
Spring
Tilted Axis
Fall
Revolution or Revolve
Winter
The Sun
Northern Hemisphere
On this slide, create a model of what causes Earth’s seasons using
the vocabulary from the previous slide as labels.
Vocabulary & Definitions for Moon Phases
Moon
No moon is seen.
Waning
Only a small sliver of moon
Waxing facing the Earth is lighted/seen.

Crescent Half of the side of the moon

facing the Earth is lighted/seen.
Gibbous
More than half the moon facing
New the Earth is lighted/seen.

Full The full circle of the moon facing

the Earth is lighted/seen.
Quarter
On this slide, find a picture of the Moon for each of the names and
definitions on the previous slide. Use names and definitions as labels.
You may add more slides if necessary.