MOON PHASES

UNIT 3
LESSON 2: THE MOON PHASES AND
PRODUCTION AND REFLECTIONOF
LIGHT.
OBJECTIVE

3.3.3.1.2 RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN OF APPARENT CHANGES IN THE

MOON'S SHAPE AND POSITON.
DESCRIBE HOW THE MOON CHANGES AT EACH PHASE
VOCABULARY

REFLECTED
SHADOWS
PHASES
WAXING
WANING
GIBBOUS
CRESCENT
REVOLVE
ILLUMINATE
WHAT ARE THE MOON PHASES?

NEW MOON
WAXING CRESCENT
FIRST QUARTER
WAXING GIBBOUS
FULL MOON
WANING GIBBOUS
LAST QUARTER
WANING CRESCENT
NEW MOON

THE FIRST PHASE

WHEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
SUN IT APPEARS INVISIBLE FROM
EARTH.
EARTH, MOON, AND SUN IN
APPROXIMANT ALIGNMENT
WE SEE THE UNILLUMINATED
PORTION OF THE MOON
WAXING CRESCENT

THE SECOND PHASE

SEEN IN IN THE WEST
WAXING MEANS GROWING
FIRST QUARTER

THIRD PHASE
50% OF THE MOON IS ILLUMINATED
90 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE SUN
AND THE SKY
WAXING GIBBOUS

FOURTH PHASE
GIBBOUS MEANS SWELLING
NOT FULL
FULL MOON

FIFTH PHASE
MIRRORS NEW MOON
NOW THAT THE MOON IS ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EARTH WE
SEE THE ILLUMINATED PORTION
WANING GIBBOUS

SIXTH PHASE
WANING MEANS SHRINKING
MIRRORS WAXING GIBBOUS
LIGHT AT THE LEFT SIDE
LAST QUARTER

SEVENTH PHASE
MIRRORS FIRST QUARTER
WANING CRESCENT

EIGHTH AND FINAL PHASE

MIRRORS WAXING CRESCENT
THE CYCLE WILL START OVER AGAIN
WITH A NEW MOON
SO WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

AS THE MOON ORBITS OR REVOLVES AROUND THE EARTH THE SUN'S

LIGHT REFLECTS ON DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE MOON CAUSING US
TO SEE SHADOWS OR A FULLY LIGHT MOON.
CLASS ACTIVITY

ACT OUT THE MOON PHASES

 DAY 2
NAME THAT MOON PHASES
OBJECTIVE

3.3.3.1.2 RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN OF APPARENT CHANGES IN THE

MOON'S SHAPE AND POSITON.
DESCRIBE HOW THE MOON CHANGES AT EACH PHASE
 NEW MOON
 WAXING CRESCENT
 FIRST QUARTER
 WAXING GIBBOUS
 FULL MOON
 WANING GIBBOUS
 LAST QUARTER
 WANING CRESCENT
MOON PHASES
DAY 3
CLASS ACTIVITY

RECREATING THE MOON PHASES USING OREO COOKIES