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Moon Phases 4th Grade Science
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Moon Phases
What are moon phases?
Moon phases are the shape the moon appears every night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ5vty8f9Xc
Basics
What are the different types of moon phases?
- New moon
- First Quarter moom
- Full moon
- Third Quarter moon
Different kinds
What is a full moon?
A full moon is when the moon appears to be fully illuminated from the earths current perspective.
Full moon
What is a third quarter?
This is a moon that occurs only once a month when everything lines up just right.
Third Quarter
What is a first quarter?
This happens when the moon is 90 degrees away from the sun.
First Quarter
What is a new moon
This is when the moon has moved 180 degrees from its position and the sun, Earth and the moon form a line.
New moon
What do these moon phases mean?
All of these moon phases are caused by positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun.
Meaning
There are also four more secondary phases of the moon, these ones are not as well known but they consist of:
Secondary phases
What is waxing gibbous?
This is the phase between a half moon and a full moon.
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Cresent
This is the first step to a full moon and means the moon is increasing in size. This leaves only a sliver of the moon visible to us.
Waxing Cresent
What is a waning gibbous?
This moon phase is between a full and first quarter moon.
Waning Gibbous
What is a waning cresent
The end of the moon phase cycle. This moon has already experienced every phase there is.
Waning Cresent
What is a lunar eclipse?
This occurs very rarley
when the moon moves
into the earths shadow.
Lunar Eclipses
What is a prenumeral lunar eclipse?
This occurs when the earths outer shadow falls on the face of the moon.
Prenumeral Eclipse
What is a total lunar
eclipse?
This occurs when a full moon comes between the sun and the earth, this blocks the direct sun from the moon.
Total Eclipse
What is a partial lunar eclipse?
This occurs when the earth comes between both the sun and moon but do not all form in a straight line.
Partial Eclipse
Different moon phase activities
- tides eclipse projects
- moon phase calendar
- moon phase oreo project
- moon phases STEM project
Moon Phase Activites
How does the moon cause tidal effects?
Both high tide and low tide are caused by the moon due to gravitational pull.
Tidal Effects
What is low tide?
This occurs when the ocean has reached its lowest point during the day.
Low Tide
What is gravitational
Pull?
This is the attraction that the earth exerts.
Gravitational Pull
All coral tends to time their spawning for the day around the gravitation pull of the earth.
Affect on coral reef
High tide, Low tide and gravitational pull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RdkXs8BibE
Video
What is high tide?
This occurs when the water has reached its highest point in the ocean.
High Tide
Hickok, K. (2022, July 26). Full moon calendar 2022: When to see The next full moon. Space.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://www.space.com/16830-full-moon-calendar.html
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, July 25). Full moon. Wikipedia. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
What is a penumbral lunar eclipse? Penumbral Lunar Eclipses. (n.d.). Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/penumbral-lunar-eclipse.html
Citations
What causes tides? NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather. (n.d.). Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://scijinks.gov/tides/
Moon phases project. Teachers Pay Teachers. (n.d.). Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:moon%20phases%20project