The Moon Earths largest satellite Current origin hypothesis - formed from the debris left over from a giant impact between earth and a Mars sized body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0FCE4H0Dro
Phases of the moon Why do we see a dark moon, quarter moon, half moon, and full moon from earth ?? Moon is on a 29.53 day cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWv2LBqokU0 http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/lunarcycles/lunarapplet.html
Eclipse An eclipse is when the sun, earth, and moon are in alignment The moons orbit around the earth is not in perfect alignment with the sun This difference means that solar and lunar eclipses are rare! (~2 times per year)
Lunar Eclipse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhNZejHeBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNi5UFpales Caused when the moon completely falls in the shadow of the earth (Sun Earth Moon)
Solar Eclipse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvWioz4PoQ Caused when the earth falls in the shadow of the moon. (Sun Moon Earth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70lZSMP9Bo
Tides The moon is large enough that it has a large gravitational pull on Earth which pulls the water towards it (high tide) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohDG7RqQ9I