Moon
The Moon
The Moon is the Earth's satellite. It rotates around the Earth and also on its axis. It takes the Moon 29.5 days to complete an orbit around the Earth. On average, the distance from Earth to the Moon is about 384,400 km. The Moon has a diameter of 3,476 kilometers and is about one-quarter the size of Earth. The Moon weighs about 80 times less than Earth. On the Moon, there's no air to breathe. |
![]() Full Moon. Dunc. Pixabay. (Pixabay Licence)
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Phases of the Moon: They are the different illuminated stages of the Moon as it moves around the Earth. |
Lunar eclipse: It is the total or partial obscurity of the light on the Moon when the Earth is between it and the Sun. | |
Full Moon: It is the phase of the Moon when it is completely illuminated. |
New Moon: It is the phase of the Moon when the Sun's light is not illuminating the side of the Moon facing the Earth so we can't see it at night. |
![]() Eclipse. DeMysticWay. Pixabay. (Pixabay Licence)
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Moon's Gravity: It is the total or partial of the light on the Moon when the Earth is between it and the Sun. |
Tide: It is the periodic rise and fall of the sea level produced by the attraction of the Moon. |
Low tide: It is the lowest elevation in the sea level. |
Low tide. Yolanda Varela. (CC BY-NC) |
High tide: It is the highest elevation in the sea level. |
![]() High tide. Yolanda Varela. (CC BY-NC)
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Extra activities
A. Watch this video to see an easy way to imitate craters on the Moon. Can you do it at home or at school and record it? Remember to keep a diary of all steps you follow during your experiment.
How to make a crater. Eye in the sky. YouTube. (YouTube Standard Licecnse) |
B. Let's learn something about gravity and weigh. Have a look at this web and check how much you would weigh on the Moon. |
C. Do you know there is an observatory in our community and a planetarium? Could you organize a trip to see one of them? |
Valentina Tereshkova
Projects
PROJECT 1 | PROJECT 2 | PROJECT 3 |
Build a SUN-EARTH-MOON mobile to show the rest of students the movement of the three objects. Use materials you can think of: cardboard, paper, different size balls, etc. |
a. Create a poster showing the different phases of the Moon: First Quarter, Waxing Crescent, New Moon, Waning Crescent, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Full Moon, Waxing Gibbons. b. Create an infographic giving information about the following questions: What is a blue Moon? Why do we always see the same side of the Moon? What is the influence of the Moon on the tides? Use canva, infogram or any free program. |
Do some research work about the first trip to the moon and narrate it as if you were the astronauts that landed on the Moon. |
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