1. The Changing Moon

2. How the moon's appearance changes during the lunar cycle?

3. Engagement One summer Woody and Lynn's mom and dad sent them to summer camp. Every night they went looking for snipes. On the first night they noticed the moon was very large and bright. As each night passed, they noticed that they could see less and less of the moon. Woody said it was because the sun is in a different position each night. Lynn disagreed. She said "You're wrong! It' the position of the moon that changes."

4. Focus What causes the moon to look different throughout the month?

5. Prediction or Hypothesis Examples that can be used. If _______ then, _______ because_____________. I think that ________ because ________________.

6. Kit Inventory lamp moon phases cards styrofoam moon lamp

7. phase gibbous waxing waning new moon crescent quarter rotate revolve reflection A temporary state of being. More than half but not yet full. In the process of getting larger. In the process of getting smaller. When the back side of the moon is facing the Earth. Less than half but not a new moon. One fourth of something. To spin in place. To spin around another object. Light bouncing off another object. Vocabulary

8. General Plan Constant : position of the light, where the student stands in the room Independent Variable: the placement of the moon as it revolves around your body(Earth) Dependent Variable: the change in the shadow on the moon

9. Operational Plan First, turn on the simulated sun (light) Second, stand in the same spot throughout the experiment. Third, hold and revolve your moon model around your body and observe what you see. Next, Final, Operational Plan

10. Collecting Data

11. Making Meaning

12. Claims and Evidence ClaimsEvidence

13. Closure Today we wondered______________. We predicted that _______________. We now know that ______________. We know this because ______________.

14. Reflection Today our big idea was _______________. How does what we learned today apply to the big idea? What other questions do you have about this topic?