The Moon Phases Web Quest

Today you will be doing research using the Internet (also known as the World Wide Web)!  You will learn all about the phases of the moon - how many phases there are, what causes them, and the length of the cycle of these phases!

Use the links below to locate the answers to the questions on the worksheet you were given by your teacher.  (Teachers -please see the bottom of this screen to locate handouts, rubrics & other useful sites!) Have fun and good luck!!

Link 1:   http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html You will have to scroll about halfway down the page to see the answers!

Link 2:    http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/phases.htm Be sure to scroll down to see all of the pictures on this link!

Link 3:    http://timbeauchamp.tripod.com/moon/mooninfo.htm Check out the great pictures on this page!!!

Link 4:  http://www.galaxies.com/Info/Applets/moon.htm  On this page be sure the drop down menu for Point of View is set to "Both".

Link 5:   http://www.ameritech.net/users/paulcarlisle/MoonCalendar.html This neat site will allow you to see the moon phases for this month (and for any other month, too!)

For Teachers:

Here is a good website to use for an intial demo: http://www.noao.edu/education/phases/phases_demo.html#ani

The following two files are in Adobe Acrobat format:

Handout for students: Worksheet

Rubric for grading: Rubric