By Miss O.
THE MOON
Note Taking
 Skill you will use for the rest of your life
 Listen, look, think!
 What is the main idea of this slide?
 What should I copy/write down or draw to
remind myself what the main idea was of this
slide?
 What can I leave out?
A small, rocky satellite
 An object that orbits a planet
Motion
 The moon revolves around the Earth in about
1 month
Moon Calendar: What phase
we are on during the month.
Relative Size
 ¼ the diameter of Earth
 Diameter of the moon = 2,159 miles
1/8 the mass of the Earth
 Mass: has weight and takes up space
Surface: NOT SMOOTH
 rocky hills and valleys
 Craters: what is left after a meteorite hits the surface
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTBIr65cL_E&feat
ure=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode
=1&safe=active
The moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth
Position
 Phases are
caused by its
position
relative to
Earth and
Sun
Far Side of the Moon
 From Earth, you can
only see one side of the
Moon. A long time ago
the Earth's gravity
slowed the Moon's spin.
The Moon now rotates
once as it orbits the
Earth, so that the same
side (the same half of a
sphere) always faces
the Earth. So we on
Earth see the near side,
and the far side always
faces away from us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZIB_l
eg75Q
Waxing
 To gradually increase in size (to grow)
Waning
 To gradually decrease in size
Phases of the Song Rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQRNzepe4wI&safety_mode=true
&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Who
wants to
volunteer
to use the
pointer as
we all rap
the song
together?
New Moon 
No Moon?
SUN
 The lighted side of the
Moon faces away from the
Earth. This means that the
Sun, Earth, and Moon are
almost in a straight line
with the Moon in between
the Sun and the Earth. The
Moon that we see looks
very dark.
Waxing
Crescent
SUN
 This moon can be seen after
the New Moon, but before the
First Quarter. The crescent will
grow larger and larger every
day until the Moon looks like
the first Quarter Moon.
 Remember: waxing means
increasing or growing larger!
First
Quarter
SUN
 The right half of the Moon
appears lighted and the left
side appears dark. During the
time between the New Moon
and the First Quarter, the part
of the moon that appears
lighted gets larger and larger
every day, and will continue to
grow until the Full Moon!
Waxing
Gibbous
SUN
 After the First Quarter but
before the Full Moon.
 The amount of the moon
that we can see will grow
larger and larger every day.
Full Moon
SUN
 The lighted side of the moon
faces the Earth. This means
that the Earth, Sun, and moon
are nearly in a straight line,
with the Earth in the middle.
The moon that we see is very
bright from the sunlight
reflecting off it.
Waning
Gibbous
SUN
 After the Full Moon but before
the Last Quarter.
 The amount of the moon that
we can see will grow smaller
and smaller each day.
 Waning means decreasing or
growing SMALLER.
Last
Quarter
SUN
 Also called Third Quarter Moon.
 The left half of the moon appears
lighted, and the right side of the
moon appears dark. During the
time between the Full Moon and
the Last Quarter Moon, the part of
the moon that appears lighted gets
smaller and smaller every day.
 It will continue to shrink until the
New Moon.
Waning
Crescent
SUN
 Can be seen after the Last
Quarter Moon and before the
New Moon.
 The crescent will grow smaller
and smaller every day, until the
moon looks like the New Moon.
Then the cycle starts over
again!
 New Moon
 Waxing Crescent
 First Quarter
 Waxing Gibbous
 Full Moon
 Waning Gibbous
 Last Quarter
 Waxing Crescent
Always start with the SUN SIDE!
Then go counter-clock wise…
7
8
6
5
1
SUN
2
3
4
But what if the sun was on the other side
of our model?
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4
2
5
1
8
6
7
NASA
 The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) is the agency of the
United States government that is responsible for
the nation's civilian space program and for
aeronautics and aerospace research. Since
February 2006, NASA's mission statement has
been to "pioneer the future in space exploration,
scientific discovery and aeronautics research."
United States Space Program
 http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=g25G1M4EXrQ&s
afety_mode=true&persist_
safety_mode=1&safe=acti
ve
 President John F. Kennedy:
“We choose to go to the
moon!” 1962
NASA’s Apollo Program
 The Apollo Space
missions had the goal
of putting a human
on the moon and
landing him safely
back here on Earth.
Apollo 11  Mission Accomplished
 Neil Armstrong  first
man to walk on the
moon. 1969
 “One step for man...
One giant leap for
mankind.”
 http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=RMINSD
7MmT4&safety_mode
=true&persist_safety_
mode=1&safe=active
Moon Driving and Moon Gravity
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=0_YhYBxjpQU&safety_mode=tr
ue&persist_safety_mode=1&safe
=active
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=5C5_dOEyAfk&safety_mode=tru
e&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=
active
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=bDpwtnGS6uc&feature=related
&safety_mode=true&persist_safe
ty_mode=1&safe=active
The End of the shuttle
program… 2011
 http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/07
/nasa-shuttle-program.html
Unique moon properties
 Extremely hot or cold (extreme
temperatures)
 No atmosphere
 No water
 No life