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Phases of the Moon : Elementary Collection

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The Phases of the moon and why they happen . The moon has 9 Phases New moon, Waxing Crescent ,First Quarter ,Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning crescent, and New moon. The moon revolves around the Earth once every 29days.One half of the moon is always illuminated by the sun but on Earth we can't always see the half of the moon that's lit up. The Phases of the moon represent the different fractions of the moon's lighted half that we can see as the moon is on Earth.

Elementary

Resources in “Phases of the Moon : Elementary” Collection

Title Resource Type
A Pattern in the Sky Journal Article
Bringing Moon Phases Down to Earth Journal Article
Earth, Sun, and Moon: Motion of the Moon Science Objects have been retired and replaced with Interactive E-books
Earth, Sun, and Moon: Our Moving Earth Science Objects have been retired and replaced with Interactive E-books
Living and Working in Space: Habitat SciGuide
moon-trainupachild.jpg JPG File
Next Time You See The Moon sample Book Chapter
phases video

Fun music video about the phases

Web Page
Solar System SciGuide
The Moon in Children's Literature Journal Article
The Moon’s Phases and the Self Shadow Journal Article
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ3k-jBIbk&list=PLdsSZAL-kXSVAQqVmJHbyW3It5eWFMpXD Web Page