Moon Phases

Why does the Moon have phases? At the new Moon phase, the Moon is so close to the Sun in the sky that none of the side facing Earth is illuminated (position 1 in illustration). In other words, the Moon is between Earth and Sun. At first quarter, the half-lit Moon is highest in the sky at sunset, then sets about six hours later (3). At full Moon, the Moon is behind Earth in space with respect to the Sun. As the Sun sets, the Moon rises with the side that faces Earth fully exposed to sunlight (5).The Moon has phases because it orbits Earth, which causes the portion we see illuminated to change. At the new Moon phase, the Moon is so close to the Sun in the sky that none of the side facing Earth is illuminated (position 1 in illustration). You can create a mockup of the relationship between Sun, Earth, and Moon using a bright lamp, a basketball, and a baseball. When is the Harvest Moon? What is a Blue Moon and when is the next one? On average, there's a Blue Moon about every 33 months. Related: 4th Grade Science

moon calendar <div style="text-align:center; color:red; font-size:large; font-weight:bold;"> Note: you seem to have JavaScript disabled.<br />This page requires it to be enabled for full functionality. </div> The latest release of Java for Windows has tightly restricted which applets are allowed to run in your browser. If you receive security warnings when visiting this page and the calendar does not appear, add the site to the list of permitted pages as follows: Go to Control Panel(classic view) -> Java (32 bit); on the Security tab, click on 'Edit Site List...' The calendar below shows the phase of the moon for each day of the selected month. Hovering your mouse over any day in the calendar will display a popup showing the moon's distance, phase and other information. Instructions on what the various controls do is found below. Feel free to email me with your thoughts on the program. Instructions Until then: General New - A second full moon which occurs in a single month is called a blue moon.

An Online Guide To Dream Interpretation Earth and Moon Viewer Welcome to Earth and Moon Viewer. Viewing the Earth You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. Images can be generated based on a full-colour image of the Earth by day and night, a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth, a colour composite which shows clouds, land and sea temperatures, and ice, or the global distribution of water vapour. Expert mode allows you additional control over the generation of the image. Viewing the Moon In addition to the Earth, you can also view the Moon from the Earth, Sun, night side, above named formations on the lunar surface. or as a map showing day and night. Browser Requirements Credits

Just 4 Teachers: Sharing Across Borders: Unit 5 Week 5 The Moon Poem and Activity Unit 5 Week 5 The Moon Poem and Activity This week's story was all about the Moon. The poem is from our Treasures book. For our activity we worked on the Moon Phases. Just a reminder that you can download any of the poems that are featured on this blog here (Click on the journal): Picture #2 Lunar Calendar A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the lunar phases. Because there are slightly more than twelve lunations (synodic months) in a solar year, the period of 12 lunar months (354.37 days) is sometimes referred to as a lunar year. A common purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar or Hijri Qamari calendar. A feature of the Islamic calendar is that a year is always 12 months, so the months are not linked with the seasons and drift each solar year by 11 to 12 days. The oldest known lunar calendar was found in Scotland; it dates back to around 10000 BP.[1] Lunisolar calendars[edit] All these calendars have a variable number of months in a year. Some lunar calendars are calibrated by annual natural events which are affected by lunar cycles as well as the solar cycle. Start of the lunar month[edit] Lunar and lunisolar calendars differ as to which day is the first day of the month. Length of the lunar month[edit] The average length of the synodic month is 29.530589 days.

Animal Symbolism Lesson Plans: Why do we have Night (Elementary, Science) ). Preferred Resourse Education Training Firm, Marietta, GA. Cobb. county Materials Required: 1 U.S.A map,1 World globe,3 toothpicks per student,1 flashlights per child, apples, box of raisens Activity Time: 25 mins. Why do we have Night? A Day in First Grade | Blast Off to the MOON! Blast Off to the MOON! 4 Jan, 2013. . A Day In First Grade, First Grade, First Grade Science, Free, Kindergarten Science, Preschool Science, Science. Posted By: Kristen Smith We go back to school next week and will jump right back into learning. Next week we will be blasting off to the moon!! My lesson plans for next week look like this: We will read these books next week: I also wrote two readers for my students to read during our guided reading small group time. I really hope you and your students enjoy them! I found this song on youtube and I can imagine my class now rockin’ out to it… We might have to come up with a dance to it. We already love this song so we will definitely keep singing it this week! Also, since it is the first week back we will create a few crafts, make moon dough, a fact flip book and create aliens in our literacy centers. Stay tuned for those activities as we prepare to BLAST OFF!