observing the phases of the moon dr lisa jardine-wright cavendish laboratory, cambridge university
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Observing the Phases of the Moon
Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
What is the Moon?
• Large chunk of rock that goes around the Earth in an orbit.
• Planets orbit a Sun, Moons orbit a planet
The Earth, Moon & Sun
Sun
Earth
Moon
The Earth, Sun & Moon
• In groups of 3 we are going to act out the movement of the Earth and Moon.– 1 person is the Sun– 1 person is the Earth– 1 person is the Moon
• Show how the Earth moves and how the moon moves
Why does the moon not look the same every night?
• Different phases of the moon
Recording the phases of the moon
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TooCloudy
Naming the phases of the moon.
Naming your record
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TooCloudy
New Moon
waxing crescent
first quarter
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