Study resources Moon Phases
Parts of a
globe
Moon Brainpop
Learning Targets
Movement
❏ I can describe the difference between
Earth’s
Moon phase simulations waxing and waning using words and images.
❏ I can illustrate the shapes of a full, new,
Phases of the Moon song
quarter, gibbous, and crescent moon.
❏ I can predict the phase of the moon based
on the position of the Earth, Moon, and
Phases of the Moon Rap
Seasons
Sun.
❏ Using a variety of models, I can correctly
sequence the New Moon, Full moon, 1st
Quarter, Last Quarter, Crescent and
gibbous moons.
Phases
Moon
Vocabulary
1. Lunar 7. Full Moon
2. Waxing 8. New Moon
3. Waning
Tides
4. Crescent
5. Quarter moon
6. gibbous
Moon Phases Directions: Drag and drop the photos to
Parts of a
globe
The boxes below show some of the words the correct boxes.
about the seasons.
DRAG
Waxing Waning Crescent
THESE
Rotation vs
Revolution
ITEMS!
Shrinking or decreasing The shape of the
Growing or increasing in
in light. The appears to moon that is less than
Seasons
light. The moon appears
get smaller. half. It looks like a “C”.
to get bigger.
Gibbous Quarter moon Full moon New Moon
Phases
Moon
The shape of the moon The shape of the moon When the visible The moon is not visible in
that is more than half that looks like a half moon is fully lit up. the sky because the back
Tides
but less than full. It moon. We only see ¼ side of the moon is lit, so
actually means “humpback” of the moon. we see the dark part.
Use the reading to help match the
Phases of the Moon
Parts of a
correct words with the diagrams
globe
As the moon orbits around the
Movement
Earth, its phase changes as light
Earth’s
from the sun reflects to the Earth.
A Full Moon is a phase that reflects
all of the light from the Sun back
Seasons
to Earth. A New Moon is the
opposite: none of its light is
reflected back to Earth. There is
some terminology for the phases:
Phases
Moon
“waxing” (the bright part is growing);
“waning” (the bright part is shrinking),
“gibbous” (over half the Moon is full);
and “crescent” (less than half the
Tides
Moon is full).
Parts of a
globe
Rotation vs
Sunlight
Revolution
Light on the
Right, growing bright
sphere
illuminated
Seasons
Bright side
Dark side
Phases
Moon
Light on the
Left, out of sight
Tides
Drag the Moon phase to appropriate location around the Earth
Parts of a
globe
Movement
Earth’s
Seasons
Phases
Moon
Waxing
Crescent
First
Waning
Quarter
FullCrescent
moon
New moon
Last
Waxing
Waning
Quarter
Gibbous
Gibbous
Tides
Parts of a Rotation vs Moon
Seasons Tides
globe Revolution Phases
Study resources Tides
Parts of a
globe
Tides BrainPop Learning Targets
Movement
Earth’s
❏ I can describe the difference between
HIgh & Low Tides diagram high and Low tides.
❏ I can describe the difference between a
neap and Spring tide.
❏ I can determine if a spring or neap tide
Spring & Neap Tides
Seasons
is occurring based on the position of the
diagram Earth, Moon, and Sun.
❏ Given images, table, or graphs, I can
predict the type of tide that a location on
Earth experiences based on data given.
Vocabulary
Phases
Moon
1. Tides 7. Tidal Bulge
2. High tide
3. Low Tide
Tides
4. Spring tide
5. Neap tide
6. Gravitational Pull
Parts of a
globe
As the Earth rotates on its axis each day,
Tides are the rise and fall of the surface any given location will rotate into and out
of the tidal bulge.
Movement
levels of Earth’s ocean water caused by
Earth’s
the gravitational effects of the Sun and This results in the changes between high
Moon on Earth. and low tides over the course of 24 hours
The Earth will experience 2 high tides and 2
low tides every day.
Seasons
Phases
Moon
As the Moon orbits Earth, the waters of
Earth closest to the Moon bulge outward
toward the Moon. This bulge is the high
Tides
tide. Another high tide occurs on the
opposite side of Earth. Low tides occur in
the areas between the two high tides.
Parts of a
globe
Spring Tides Neap Tides
When the Sun and the Moon are aligned
Movement
When the Sun and the Moon are at right
Earth’s
so that the Moon is between the Sun and angles to each other (first and last quarter),
the Earth (New Moon) or the Earth is lower high tides and higher low tides are
between the Sun and the Moon (Full experienced. These tides are called neap
Moon) high tides are higher and the low tides.
tides are lower. These are called spring
The gravitational pull from the Sun and the
Seasons
tides.
moon are perpendicular to each other
The combined gravitational pull from the causing smaller high tides.
Sun and moon cause higher high tides.
Phases
Moon
Tides
