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

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