Moon Phases Bulletin Board | Collaborative Lunar Cycle & Constellations Activity

What others say

"Students loved this resource for reinforcing the moon phases. They enjoy collaborating in groups, and it was fun to watch them hold each other accountable for their months."

Kelly M.

"Great way for students to engage with a concept that may be difficult to visualize. Students enjoyed!"

Bella R.

Description

This Lunar Cycle Collaborative poster will help your students gain a better spatial understanding of the moon phases by showing the motion of the Earth and Moon around the Sun. The Sun is located in the center, surrounded by the title, then the 12 months of the year. For each month, students will use the location of the sunlight, Earth and Moon to determine the moon phase for that position. They will cut and paste the correct moon phase in the square. Students may also be expected to label each moon phase and draw the position of the Moon as it orbits the Earth.

Extend this activity by adding the outer constellation hexagons. Students will understand why some constellations are not visible at certain times of the year, by showing the relative position of the Earth, Sun and stars.

This PDF file includes:

★ 4 options for student instructions (see preview)

★ 7 pages with visual instructions for teachers (see preview)

★ 37 pages of hexagons to create the poster display

These lessons and review Doodle Notes will further support teaching about Moon Phases and Constellations:

Moon Phases all-in-one Lesson - PowerPoint, editable notes, bell ringers, puzzle & more!

Constellations all-in-one Lesson - PowerPoint, editable notes, bell ringers & a room transformation with constellations!

Moon Phases Doodle Note

Constellations Doodle Note

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Moon Phases Bulletin Board | Collaborative Lunar Cycle & Constellations Activity

Name: Moon Phases Bulletin Board | Collaborative Lunar Cycle & Constellations Activity
Brand: Mrs Brosseau's Binder
SKU: 4811368
Price: 6.00 USD
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Rating: 4.89 (19 reviews)

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7th - 10th

Subjects

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Science

Standards

NGSSHS-ESS1-4

NGSSMS-ESS1-1

What others say

"Students loved this resource for reinforcing the moon phases. They enjoy collaborating in groups, and it was fun to watch them hold each other accountable for their months."

Kelly M.

"Great way for students to engage with a concept that may be difficult to visualize. Students enjoyed!"

Bella R.

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Description

This PDF file includes:

★ 4 options for student instructions (see preview)

★ 7 pages with visual instructions for teachers (see preview)

★ 37 pages of hexagons to create the poster display

These lessons and review Doodle Notes will further support teaching about Moon Phases and Constellations:

Moon Phases all-in-one Lesson - PowerPoint, editable notes, bell ringers, puzzle & more!

Constellations all-in-one Lesson - PowerPoint, editable notes, bell ringers & a room transformation with constellations!

Moon Phases Doodle Note

Constellations Doodle Note

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Rated 4.89 out of 5, based on 19 reviews

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Students loved this resource for reinforcing the moon phases. They enjoy collaborating in groups, and it was fun to watch them hold each other accountable for their months.

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This is a fantastic resource! My students had so much fun working on it, and it was engaging from start to finish. After completing the activity, we proudly displayed their work on our classroom bulletin board, adding a great visual element to our space. Highly recommend!

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This is an excellent addition to my unit on moon phases.

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Rated 5 out of 5

March 5, 2024

Super cute way to display the moon phases. Kids can also complete it for a project.

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Rated 5 out of 5

May 31, 2023

This product has been a game-changer for my classroom! It's engaging, well-designed, and aligns perfectly with my curriculum. My students have shown significant improvement since incorporating this resource into my lessons. Highly recommended!

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May 9, 2023

It took my 8th graders a bit to figure this out but once we did it was so cool. We put it up in our room and the students were super proud. We used it for review. (I have 3 8th grade classes so we had 3 in our room.)

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Standards

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NGSSHS-ESS1-4

Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system. Emphasis is on Newtonian gravitational laws governing orbital motions, which apply to human-made satellites as well as planets and moons. Mathematical representations for the gravitational attraction of bodies and Kepler’s Laws of orbital motions should not deal with more than two bodies, nor involve calculus.

NGSSMS-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 and moon, and seasons. Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.