Understanding Moon Phases
1-hour presentation
basics
- Duration: 1 hour (45 minute presentation, 15 minute question period)
- Ages: 8+
- Price: $100
- Location: in person in Montréal, or remote/virtual (Zoom, Google Meet, Streamyard)
- Available: Anywhere in Canada
What Your Class Will Learn
- how the Moon reflects light from the Sun
- how the Moon goes around the Earth each month
- names of the phases of the Moon (First Quarter, Full, Gibbous, etc...)
- why we see sometimes see the Moon in the afternoon and the morning
Group Activity
To teach how the phases of the Moon work, we'll be doing an activity using a styrofoam ball that will reflect the light from a bright bulb. This is a very simply but fantastic demonstration that really clicks with students
Materials Needed
- white styrofoam ball
- popsicle stick
- lightbulb
- dark room (the darker the better!)
SEE THE MOON WITH A TELESCOPE
If weather allows and the phase of the Moon is right, we'll head outside and look at the Moon through a telescope.
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