Birthday Moons By: Lynnette Doty Jodi Hoke Janine Walker Tiffany Woosley.
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Transcript of Birthday Moons By: Lynnette Doty Jodi Hoke Janine Walker Tiffany Woosley.
Birthday Moons
By: Lynnette DotyJodi Hoke
Janine WalkerTiffany Woosley
Introduction
Birthday Moons is a Science Inquiry lesson using the Internet which deals
with the Phases of Moon
http://drmts.tripod.com/courses/edu355/schedule/moons/plan.htm
Objectives
• Students will recognize and describe the patterns of the moon’s phases
• Students will generate a birthday moon from their own birth date using given websites
• Students will predict the moon phase for their next birthday
Procedures
• Students will write about feelings and experiences they have had regarding the moon and recall any stories they have read/heard about the moon
• Read aloud one of the following:• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown• Many Moons by James Thurber
• Discuss the meaning of the word “Phases”
• Show a diagram of the moon phases to explain that the moon
doesn’t always look the same
Procedures (Cont’d)
Phases of the Moon
Earth
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous
Last (Third) Quarter
Waning Crescent
New Moon
Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
• Have students go to the following website:Moon Phases• Find out which moon phase
appeared on their birthday for the current and previous years
• Draw what moon looked like on their birthday for the current year
• Place drawing on class moon graph
Internet Travel to the Moon
The Four C’s
• Students will:• Calculate (total pictures in each Phase)• Categorize (could you divide into
different categories)• Compare (which has the most and which
has the least)• Conclude (interpret data)
Assessment• Using the “Phases of the Earth’s
Moon” worksheet the students will correctly place pictures of moon phases by titles
http://drmts.tripod.com/courses/edu355/schedule/moons/cutpaste.htm
THE END
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