Do-Now

1. Do-Now • Do-Now • Take out HW • Copy Notes • Fill in the blanks • Earth travels in a elliptical or football shape • This means the Earth is different distances from the sun • When the Earth is farthest away from the sun the Earth is pointed towards the sun giving us the summer solstice. (Longer days with more light) • When the Earth is closest to the sun it is tilted away from the light giving us the winter solstice. (Shorter days with less light) • The two days where neither hemisphere is pointed away or towards the sun is called an _______________.

2. Moon PhasesGrade 6Ms. Scillieri • FUN FACTS • Responsible for tides • Has “seas” and “mountains” • Same side of the moon always faces earth • Takes 27.5 days to orbit around the earth, but because of the Earth rotation being slow a lunar month takes 29.5 • LET’S THINK • Does the Moon Make it’s Own Light? • Does the Moon have water on it’s surface?

3. How did the moon get here • Form from the big bang • Once part of Earth • Floating in space • Rogue planet • What do you think? • No the moon is not made of cheese!

4. Phases • The lunar phases result from the positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. • Waxing – the phase after the new moon when the amount of reflected light increases (The right side is lit up) • Waning – the phase when the full moon has passed and the amount of reflected light decreases( The left side is lit up) • http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9797

5. Context Clues • Crescent- when the moon is shaped like a sliver of an apple or crescent roll • Gibbous- when the moon is ¾ of the way full or lit up. • New- When the moon is receiving no reflected light from the Earth and dark • Full- When the moon is bright and lit up!

7. Motions of the Moon • The moon revolves on an axis • It orbits around the Earth. • The changing relative positions of the moon, Earth, and sun cause the phases

8. Visualize

9. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

10. Waxing Crescent Light on the right. Less than half lit.

11. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

12. Waning Gibbous Light on the left. More than half lit.

13. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

14. New Moon • No light visible • Earth, Moon, and Sun practically in a straight line

15. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

16. Waxing Gibbous Light on the right. More than half lit.

17. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

18. First Quarter Light on The right. Exactly half lit.

19. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

20. Waning Crescent Light on the left. Less than half lit.

21. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

22. Third (Last) Quarter Light on right. Less than half lit.

23. What Moon Phase Is This? And… How Do You Know?

24. Full Moon Fully lit.

25. The Real Full Moon Fully lit! Can you see the “Man in the Moon?”