Observing the Sky Links

Lesson 1: Watching the Sky

Lesson 2: What is the Moon?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon General site about the moon including descriptions, phases, and eclipses.

Lesson 3: Earth/Moon Scale Models

http://iknowthat.school.aol.com/AOLAtSchool/solarsystem/tour.html Great site that demonstrates the relative size of a student compared to the universe using a zoom-in and zoom-out feature.

Lesson 4: The Moon Rises and Sets

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html Get the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon's phase by specifying a date and location.

Lesson 5: The Moon Changes Shape

Lesson 6: Learning About the Sun and Stars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/earth_sun_moon_fs.shtml This is a great site that shows the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Students are given the chance to manipulate variables to show the rotation and revolution of the Earth.

Lesson 7: Observing Shadows

http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon Provides a calendar with each day's moon phase from 1951-2015. Use the fields on the left of the screen to see past or future moon phases.

Lesson 8: Moonlight and Moon Shadow

Lesson 9: Earth and Moon Environments

Lesson 10: Lunar Landforms

Lesson 11: Lunar Soil

Lesson 12: The Phases of the Moon

http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon Provides a calendar with each day's moon phase from 1951-2015. Use the fields on the left of the screen to see past or future moon phases.

Lesson 13: Modeling the Moon's Phases

Lesson 14: The Far Side of the Moon (optional)

Lesson 15: A Trip to the Moon

Lesson 16: Red Planet - Blue Planet

Lesson 17: Constellation Viewer

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