Phases of the Moon

Science

The moon phases are new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent, and new moon. The Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere see the same side of the moon even though they are in different parts of the world because the Earth rotates.

By: Kayley Fowler

We have been learning the phases of the moon a variety of ways the past few weeks, including keeping a lunar log throughout the month where students have to record their observations of the moon nightly. We also made the moon phases out of Oreos. Yum!

-Miss Glay