Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8
Subject
Space Science, Technology, Solar System and Planets, Earth's Moon, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
If you have looked into the night sky, you may have noticed the Moon appears to change shape each night. The different shapes of the Moon that we see at different times of the month are called the Moon’s phases. Watch as NASA astronaut Anne McClain displays each of these phases in the latest episode of STEMonstrations. Use the lesson plan that coincides with this video to invigorate your STEM classroom.
Classroom Connection: Moon Phases
Grade Level: 3-8
Time Required: 60 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
MS-ESS1-1. Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun, moon, and seasons.
5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.