Dear Students…

1. Dear Students… This presentation is about to start. W L L stands for… Watch, Listen, and Learn. There will be a “Moon Wise” TRIVIA quiz at the end of this presentation. Enjoy the show… Mrs. Gensemer

2. Gensemer Sci-STARS Productions Presents… Another Adventure in God’s Wonderous Universe..

3. The Phases of the MOON

4. Each “moonth” the moon changes shape…watch !

5. Why does the moon change shape?(an inquisitive student wants to know!) • As the Mooncircles the Earth, the shape of the moon appears to change; this is because different amounts of the illuminated part of the moon are facing us. The shape varies from a full moon (when the Earth is between the sun and the moon) to a new moon (when the moon is between the sun and the Earth).

6. WHAT IS THE NEAR SIDE AND FAR SIDE OF THE MOON? • The same side of the moon always faces the Earth. The far side of the moon was first observed by humans in 1959 when the unmanned Soviet Luna 3 mission orbited the moon and photographed it. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (on NASA's Apollo 11 mission, which also included Michael Collins) were the first people to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969. If you were standing on the moon, the sky would always appear dark, even during the daytime. Also, from any spot on the moon (except on the far side of the moon where you cannot see the Earth), the Earth would always be in the same place in the sky; the phase of the Earth changes and the Earth rotates, displaying various continents.

7. Moon Cycle • The phases of the moon change.

8. Definitions of the Phases • Crescent Moon - when we can see only a sliver of the moon's disk (the side of the moon facing us) Full Moon - when the moon's disk is light because the Earth is between the sun and the moon • Gibbous Moon - when we can see roughly three-quarters of the moon's disk • Half Moon - (also called quarter moon) when we can see one half of the moon's disk (this is one-quarter of the entire moon's surface) • New Moon - when the moon's disk is dark (and invisible to us) because the moon is between the sun and the Earth Quarter Moon - (also called half moon) when we can see one half of the moon's disk (this is one-quarter of the entire moon's surface) • Waning Moon - when the moon seems to be getting smaller, going from full to gibbous to half to crescent to new • Waxing Moon - when the moon seems to be getting bigger, going from new to crescent to half to gibbous to full

9. CRESCENT MOON • A crescent moon is part way between a half moon and a new moon, or between a new moon and a half moon.

10. GIBBOUS MOON • A gibbous moon is between a full moon and a half moon, or between a half moon and a full moon.

11. HALF MOON • A half moon looks like half a circle. It is sometimes called a quarter moon (this Moon has completed one quarter of an orbit around the Earth from either the full or new position and one quarter of the moon's surface is visible from Earth).

12. NEW MOON • The new moon is the phase of the moon when the moon is not visible from Earth, because the side of the moon that is facing us is not being lit by the sun. • ?

13. Moonrise from Earth • The moon rises and sets every day, appearing on the horizon just like the sun. The time depends on the phase of the moon. It rises about 30 to 70 minutes later each day than the previous day, so the moon is out during daytime as often is it's out at night. At the time of the new moon, the moon rises at about the same time the sun rises, and it sets at about the same time the sun sets. • As the days go by (as it waxes to become a crescent moon, a half moon, and a gibbous moon, on the way to a full moon), the moon rises during daytime (after the sun rises), rising later each day, and it sets at nighttime, setting later and later each night. • At the full moon, the times of moonrise and moonset have advanced so that the moon rises about the same time the sun sets, and the moon sets at about the same time the sun rises. • As the moon wanes (becoming a half moon and a crescent moon, on the way to a new moon), the moon rises during the night, after sunset, rising later each night. It then sets in the daytime, after the sun rises. • Eventually, the moon rises so late at night that it's actually rising around sunrise, and it's setting around sunset. That's when it's a new moon once again.

14. Activity • Number from 1-10. Name the phases of the moon:

15. Activity Identify the Phases • Check your answers:

16. Moon Wise: It’s a Hoot ! • What have you learned? Tell the Wise Night Owl.

17. Moon Wise Trivia QuestionsNumber your paper 1-10. Fill in the word for the blank (s). • 1. When the moon changes shape, the changing process is called m_______ p________. • 2.The moon changes as the Earth r_______. • 3. A new moon is not visible from the Earth because it rises at n______and sets at d_________. • 4. At full moon the S_____ rises and sets at the same time as the moon. • 5. Waxing: the moon seems to be getting b______. • 6. Waning: the moon seems to get s_________. • 7. When we see one quarter of the moon’s surface it is a h______ moon. • 8. When we see about three-quarters of the moon it is g_______ moon.. • 9. When we see a silver shape of the moon’s disc it is a c_______ moon. • 10. The far side of the moon was first observed in 1959 by the Soviet _______ 3 mission.

18. Wise Owl’s Answers to Trivia • 1. When the moon changes shape, the changing process is called moon phases. • 2. The moon changes as the Earth rotates. • 3. A new moon is not visible from the Earth because it rises at night and sets at day. • 4. At full moon the Sun rises and sets at the same time as the moon. • 5. Waxing: the moon seems to be getting bigger. • 6. Waning: the moon seems to get smaller. • 7. When we see one quarter of the moon’s surface it is a half moon. • 8. When we see about three-quarters of the moon it is gibbous moon.. • 9. When we see a silver shape of the moon’s disc it is a crescent moon. • 10. The far side of the moon was first observed in 1959 by the Soviet Luna 3 mission. • Wise Night Owl’s Moon Trivia Ratings: • Awesome Astronomical Pilot = 10 correct • Amazing Moonwalker = 9 - 8 correct • Moonbeam = 7 correct • Marooned on the Moon = 6 - 4 correct • Phased Out !:= 3 – 0 correct

19. Home Activity Fun: • Watch the moon phases this week. • Draw and label them on your moon journal.

20. You are now... pronounced Moon wise ! THE END

21. CURTAIN CALL CREDITS • Producer: Mrs. Kathleen Gensemer, Science Teacher • Power Point Editing: Mr. Donald Scot Gensemer • Animation/Picture Clips: Microsoft Online Clips and Animation • Wise Night Owl’s Triva: Mrs. G. • Moon Phases Chart Activity, pictures, and information: Enchanted Learning.com • Moon Phase “Moonth” Movie:www.bedford.k12.ny.us/flhs/science/moonphaseanimation.html • Technical Sound Advice: B. and D. Gensemer