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Part 1:​ Do Now Videos (10 minutes)

Directions:
1) Watch “If We Had No Moon” ​AND ​“Earth without Moon” Video links below
2) Answer the following questions ​on this documen t.

Video #1:​ Watch ​If We Had No Moon​ ​from time 0:00 to 2:47
1. How was the moon born?

Video #2:​ Watch ​Earth Without Moon Video ​ from ​time 0:00 - 7:20 minutes
1. Why is Mars in trouble?

2. What would happen if there was no sun?

2. How many moons does Jupiter have? How do its moons compare to those on other planets?

3. Which planet is Earth’s twin? Why?

4. What were astronauts looking for when they traveled to the moon? Why? Did they find what they were
looking for?

5. What do scientists believe the moon’s core is made of?

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Part 2:​ Vocabulary (7-10 minutes)
Directions:​ ​Use the ​Moon phases Link ​ to define and draw out the following vocabulary words.

WORD DEFINITION DRAWING

1. First Quarter

2. New Moon

3. Full Moon

4. Third Quarter

5. Waxing Crescent

6. Waning Crescent

7. Waxing Gibbous

8. Waning Gibbous
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Part 3:​ “Phases of the Moon” Reading (10 minutes)

Unlike the Sun, the Moon does not produce CATCH Annotate CFS
any light of its own. It only reflects light from the ❏ Highlight the main ideas
Sun. Only the side of the Moon facing the Sun is ❏ Circle 2 unknown/vocab
illuminated. As the Moon moves around the Earth, words
we see different parts of the Moon being ❏ Ask 1 question OR make 1
illuminated by the Sun. ​What causes the phases connection
of the Moon is that the ​Moon revolves around ❏ Answer ​Thinking Questions
Earth, it changes from fully illuminated to
1. What causes the phases of the
completely dark and back again. If you were out in
moon?
space, you would see that half of the Moon is
always in sunlight. Half the Moon is always in _______________________________
_______________________________
darkness, just like our Earth.
When the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun, the side facing Earth is 2. ​Why can we sometimes see the
completely dark. Only the side of the Moon facing away from Earth is illuminated. whole Moon in the daytime sky?
This is called the ​new Moon phase.​ So ​why can we sometimes see the whole _______________________________
Moon in the daytime sky?​ At times, you can just barely make out the outline of _______________________________
the new Moon in the sky. This is because some sunlight reflects off the Earth and _______________________________
back to the Moon. This is how you can see the Moon during the daylight hours.
About one week later, the Moon enters the quarter-Moon phase. Like always, 3. ​When does a full moon occur?
one side of the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun. What has changed is
_______________________________
the Moon's position with respect to Earth. We are only able to see half of that half
illuminated portion. Scientists call this lunar phase the quarter-Moon phase. As a _______________________________
result, we see the Moon as a half-circle. The Moon is now one-quarter of its way ______________________________
through its Earth's orbit. 4.What happens during the crescent
After the passing of another week, a​ full Moon​ occurs as the whole side
facing Earth is illuminated. This happens when Earth is between the Moon and the Moon phase?
Sun. If you were able to travel out into space, you could see that the half of the _______________________________
Moon facing away from Earth is not being illuminated. The entire side facing Earth _______________________________
is being illuminated by the Sun.
_______________________________
Before and after the quarter-Moon phases are the gibbous and crescent
phases. During the​ crescent Moon phas​e, the Moon is less than half illuminated. It 5.What happens during the gibbous
is seen as only a sliver or crescent shape. During the​ gibbous Moon phase​, the Moon phase?
Moon is more than half illuminated. It is not full. The Moon undergoes a complete
_______________________________
cycle of phases about every 29.5 days.
_______________________________
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Part 4:​ Matching (5-7 minutes)
Directions:
1. Match the vocabulary word with the right image.
Waxing crescent full moon waxing gibbous last quarter

First quarter waning crescent waning gibbous ​ new moon

Moon Phase Image Key term

1. New moon

2.

3.

4.

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6.

7.
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Part 5:​ Bill Nye Video (30 minutes)

Directions: ​Watch ​Bill Nye Outer Space Exploration ​ ​ ​ and answer the questions

1. A space shuttle is used for space __________________________.

2. A telescope / radio is like a magnifying glass.
3. The ________________________ Space Telescope is orbiting in outer space.
4. __________________________ is the force that pulls objects to the ground.
5. It takes a lot of ______________________ for a rocket to break away from the force of
gravity.
6. The ________________________ rocket is 120 meters long. It is the largest rocket
ever made.
7. “The Eagle has landed” was said when man landed on ________________________ .
8. It takes 2 / 250 people to control the space shuttle launches.
9. The ________________________ in the shuttle gets greater as it approaches space.
10. Space ships and space suits are ________________________ tight because space is
a vacuum.
11. A space suit contains ________________________ so the astronauts can breathe.
12. Astronauts practice ________________________ water because it is similar to being
in space.
13. A solar ______________________can knock a space ship off course.
14. There is no gravity in __________________ space.
15. Without the use of special materials, the space shuttle will ______________ up as it
enters our atmosphere.
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Part 6:​ Super Scientists WS 10 minutes
Directions:​ Decode each name using the alphabet code on the side.
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Part 7:​ Continue working on your outer space timeline
research project! Final project is due on Monday (posted on
Google Classroom)

Part 8:​ Done early?

Brain Games Imagination Part 1
Brain Games Imagination Part 2
Write down 5 facts you learned about how the brain works from this episode:

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