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This Comprehensive and Rigorous Unit Includes the Following:
- Unit Plan with “what to do when”
- Moon Phases and Eclipses Presentation/Notes*
- Moon Phases Informational Text & Worksheet (replaces textbook)*
- Moon Phase Demo Teacher Instructions (easy supplies!)
- Moon Phase Sorting Activity (free bonus!)
- Graphing Moon Phases Activity*
- Eclipses Starter Activity (free bonus!)
- Eclipses Informational Text & Worksheet (replaces textbook)*
- Moon Phases and Eclipses Worksheet
- Eclipses Color and Label Worksheet
- Eclipses Video Links with Questions*
- Solar and Lunar Eclipses Worksheet
- Moon Phases and Eclipses CER Stations Activity*
- Moon Phases Assessment
- Tides Presentation & Cloze Notes*
- Tides Informational Text & Worksheet*
- Spring and Neap Tides Demo Instructions (easy supplies!)
- Comparing Daily & Monthly Tides Worksheet (free bonus!)
- Ocean Tides Worksheet
- Relationship Between the Moon & Tides Activity
- Using a Tide Chart Activity
- Graphing Tides Activity
- Tides CER and Data Analysis Stations*
- Tides Quiz
- Moon & Tides Manipulatives Activity (free bonus!)
- Moon & Tides Test Review Worksheet
- Moon & Tides Test
- Content-Based Unit Sub Plan*
*Skip the line at the copier! Starred lessons include both PRINT and digital GOOGLE SLIDES options to assign.
Topics Covered:
- Basic moon facts
- The moon’s orbit
- Moon phases (new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, third/last quarter, waning crescent)
- Positions of the Sun, Earth, and moon at different phases
- The difference between solar and lunar eclipses
- Position of the Sun, Earth, and moon at solar and lunar eclipses
- Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon
- What causes daily tides
- The reason behind monthly spring and neap tides
Teacher Notes:
- Answer keys are always included.
- Please note: the resources in this moon phases and tides unit are not editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-ESS1-1: Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses, and seasons.
