Resources and References:

Student Handouts and Teacher Guide

Handout - PDF

Pretest - PDF

Posttest - PDF

Discussion Questions - PDF

Student Checklist - PDF

Lesson Plan - PDF

Websites

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm - This website provides an introduction and statistics about the moon. It also contains pictures, video, and animations of the moon, including an animation of the lunar phases.

http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~zagers/maan/eng/maan.html - This website contains information on features of the moon you can see with the naked eye, with binoculars, and with telescopes.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html - Views of a map of the earth or moon showing the day and night regions can be seen on this website.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html - On this website, students can see the times the Sun and Moon rise and set for individual cities across the United States.

http://www.obliquity.com/astro/bluemoon.html - What is a blue moon? How often does it really happen? These questions and more are answered on this website.