Catalyst (5 minutes)Use your homework from over the

weekend:

(1)(Using the terms crescent and gibbous, answer the following questions.) What do we call the moon when it appears to be smaller than a quarter? What do we call the moon when it appears larger than a quarter?

(2)(Using the term waxing or waning, answer the following questions.) What do we call the phases of the Moon while its getting smaller?

(3)During a new moon, how is the Earth, Sun and Moon positioned in space?

This week’s scheduleDay Agenda

TodayTuesday, January 11th

Cornell Notes Part I: Moon PhasesHomework tonight only!

Tomorrow Wednesday, January 12th

Cornell Notes Part II: Earth TimeStudy for your Quiz

Thursday, January 13th Weekly Quiz 15: Moon Phases and Earth Time

Friday, January 14th Cornell Notes for next week: The Reason for our Seasons!The next 2 weeks are 4-day weeks, so we

need to be working extra hard each day!

Cornell Notes: Earth Time

Today, we will be reading as a class from Chapter 10, Section 2 (pages 294-295)

Taking notes and writing definitions to our vocabulary terms is key to success – and our Weekly Quiz 15 is only 2 days away!

The Earth Moon System

Every 27.3 days, the moon rotates once on its axis and revolves once around Earth.

So, the moon will spin once and take one trip around the Earth in the same number of days.

Because of this, the same side of the Moon is always facing the Earth.

Phases of the Moon

The various appearances of the moon due to its changing position.

As the moon revolves around the Earth, the amount of sunlight reflected toward Earth by the face of the moon changes!

Waxing

The sunlit part that can be seen from Earth appears to get larger.

The moon

gets bigger

from right to

left!

Waning

The sunlit part that can be seen from Earth appears to get smaller.

The moon

gets smaller

from right to

left!

Check for Understanding

Turn to a neighbor (front, side, back) and use pages 294-295 in your textbook to answer the two Check for Understanding questions found below your Cornell Notes from today:

(1) Why does the same side of the moon always face the Earth? (page 294)

(2) Looking at the diagram at the top of page 295, what phase comes in between the last quarter moon and the full moon? Why?

Practice with Whiteboards

The following questions will be good practice questions on what we learned today.

Only uncap your marker when you are writing an answer, and cap your marker immediately after writing your answer

You will have 30 seconds to write your answer – so use your notes from today to help you!

When Ms. McGuirk counts down from 5, you may stand and show your whiteboard to me

What time on Earth do we associate the Moon’s revolution?

(A day, month, or year?)

A MONTH

The Moon orbits the Earth in 27.3 days,

but it takes about 30 days to go from one

full Moon to the next. So, the lunar cycle completes a month

on Earth.

Which term do we give to a moon phase that is

smaller than a quarter?

Crescent – A crescent moon is

shaped like a croissant biscuit!

Which term do we give to a moon phase when the moon appears to be getting larger?

Waxing – the moon gets bigger from right to left

Identify the Moon Phase

Third Quarter/Last Quarter

The third quarter phase of the moon is also commonly called the “Last Quarter”

Last begins with the letter L and the visible part of the moon is found on the Left side – Left also begins with the letter L!Last quarter,

the half of moon that can be seen is on the

Left side

Homework tonight

To wrap up our learning on the Phases of the Moon, read the worksheet assigned first.

Answer the discussion question using complete sentences & the four multiple choice lesson review questions

Make sure you refer to the reading to make sure you get the correct answers!

(Instructions for tonight’s homework is found on the bottom of your Cornell Notes …your welcome! )