LAMS 6th Grade Science - Moon Project

IIn this project, you have to view the moon for one month and draw pictures of the moon's phases on a data table. There will be days where viewing the moon will be impossible because of cloud cover. Moon phase photos an drawings will be available to you on the internet.
	This animation shows the moon revolving around the Earth while being lit by the sun. The shadows and lit areas become the Moon's Phases
These photographs of the moon show the various phases that the Moon goes through as it reflects sunlight from its various positions as it travels around the Earth. The Moon takes a months to revolve around the Earth. At the end of the month it is in the same position that it started in and the cycle begins over again. The phases go through the same cycle or pattern every 28 days. This pattern is very predictable. We can therefore pick any date in history, and using math can figure out the phase for the Moon on that date,
	Moon Project "Sally" Notebook Pages Moon Project Notebook Set Up Reading - All About The Moon Reading - Mars Rovers Keep On Roving Reading - Why The Moon Has Phases Reading - Earth's Breath Reading - Phases Of The Moon Project Contract Project Drawing Calendar Internet Data Collection Page
Web Sites about the Moon and it's Phases These sites give phases of the Moon Harcourt School - Moon Phases Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland College Park - Phases of the Moon http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question3.html * University of the Virgin Islands, Etelman Observatory - Phases of the Moon These sites tells a great deal about the moon EnchantedLearning - The Phases of the Moon Moon-Phases.com These sites give current (That Day) image of the moon phase CalculatorCat.com - Moon Phases Wright Center for Science Education - Moon Phase Calculator Download a program that gives you the phases of the moon. Softaddress.com - Moon Phase Calculator Lunar Eclipse - March 3, 2007