Lesson+for+Moon+Phases

Link: www.moonconnection.com **Input:**Teacher will show brainpop video up to 1:12 [|BrainPop Lunar Phases]Show students [|Lunar Phases] and lead a discussion with students about what patterns they notice over the course of several consecutive months.**Guided Practice: Explore the use of jobs (i.e. Communicator, Scribe-Notetaker, Researcher)**Give students an calendar with several days missing, students will work in teams to complete the blank days with the appropriate cut-out picture of the moon phases. Use web site below for information MoonConnection.com/moon_cycle.phtml __ Questions to explore: __ Students will create their own __Animoto or Blabberize__ to demonstrate their understanding of the patterns of the physical appearance of moon phases. Use __neoK12__ to create a video. Students can use edu.glogster.com to create their own Lunar phases glog (digital poster) See http://tehescmarts.edu.glogster.com/ as an example. Once students create their glog they would publish it for global response. __ Horizontal extension: __ Skype with a school in the Southern Hemisphere
 * Moon Phases **
 * 4th Grade - Lunar Phases curriculum ** **Objective:** Given a calendar with images, the student will analyze lunar phases and predict the pattern using digital tools (Animoto, Blabberize, Photostory, Stupiflex, Kidblog) with 100% accuracy.**Set:**[]Ask students what they see. Do they see a pattern? What does this look like?**Purpose:** The purpose of learning the Lunar Phases is to identify why the moon looks like it changes shape in the sky over the course of month and identify the pattern of that change.
 * 1) Why care about the moon phase? Gardening/growth, hiking at night, ocean tides
 * 2) Do the phases of the moon look different around the world from different hemispheres? Does it look the same in different countries. See www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/hemispheres.html
 * 3) Tips for Moon watching
 * Independent Practice **
 * Closure ** Students will load their product onto their KidsBlog and share with other students or classes in the school.**Enrichment:** There is a free Ipod application named Moon where students can view what the moon looks like on each day.
 * Assessment: **
 * 1) Use this site neoK12.com/diagrams as a Flipchart on the ActivBoard. Use ActiVotes or collaborative groups to place phases in correct position.
 * 2) Use above site to create lunar jeopardy game.
 * 3) Create a Rubric: Go to recipes.tech4learning.com/index.php