Moon Phases Activities

Teach students about the phases of the moon using this print and digital classroom lesson. Students will learn how the moon formed, its looks, how it affects the earth and moon phases. This lesson includes a teacher presentation, student fill-in note sheet, student worksheets, practice activities, and a classroom poster.

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This moon phases lesson includes:

• Teacher instructions on how to use the materials to teach about the moon.
• Digital instructions to use the Google Slides activities with your students.
• Classroom poster: Beautifully designed poster to hang in your classroom for your students to reference throughout your lunar phases unit
• Teacher presentation on the moon: Guided note-taking activity to allow you to teach and discuss important aspects of the moon with your students
• Student fill-in notetaking sheets to follow the teacher's presentation
• The Moon reading worksheets (print and digital version): Two-page reading worksheets that detail how scientists believe the moon was formed, what the moon looks like, differences between the earth and moon, and how the moon affects the earth.
• Phases of the moon worksheets (print and digital): Two-page reading packet that details the moon phases and the eight phases of the moon; New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
• Moon phases activities: Scaffolded activities to reinforce student knowledge of the moon and its phases. Differentiate instruction by choosing which version your students will need.
• Graphic Organizer: Reinforce learning of the moon and moon phases. This activity is available FREE by clicking here.
• An answer key is available for all activities.

How to Use This Activity in Your Classroom:

Teacher presentation: This Google Slide presentation allows you to have a class discussion about the moon and the lunar cycle. Students can fill in their notes pages during the class discussion.

Student Activity: This activity will have students use their reading and writing skills to learn about the moon, how it affects the earth, and the phases of the moon. Students can complete the activity independently or in small groups.

Phases of the Moon Activities: Reinforce student understanding of the moon phases and order of the lunar cycle using the included scaffolded activities.

Graphic Organizer: A graphic organizer is another visual note-taking activity for students to review their knowledge of the moon and lunar phases. Allow students to look back at their notes to fill in the page before completing an assessment.

• There are print and digital versions of all assignments to help differentiate instruction in your classroom. I tried to be as clear as possible in naming the presentations. Once you open them and make a copy, you can rename the file.

Note: Print and Google Slides materials are NOT editable to remain compliant with clip and font artists.

Teacher Feedback:

• This is an excellent resource to use with Science NGSS about our solar system. It is fun, creative, and engaging! Students are allowed to go at their own pace with reading and answering the comprehension questions along the way.
• This was a great resource to use remotely with my students. They were able to pull it up on their screen and type the answers right into the document as we went over it together remotely. Whatever we didn't finish, I had them do for homework.
• During remote learning, this was a great resource. The students found it easy to use and interactive.
• Love the choice between paper or digital. I had a sub this day and did not want them on their Chromebooks, so I went paper.
• I originally used this resource for an E-Learning day, but I loved it so much that I will include it in my Earth Science curriculum this year. Thank you for creating this great digital resource! I look forward to purchasing more science digital resources from you in the future!

Other lessons and activities to support your unit on the moon:

• Moon Sketch Note freebie
• Birthday Moon Project
  

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