Why Is the Moon Banana-Like at Times?

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

The students will carry out an experiment involving a ping-pong ball and a flashlight, which will help them understand what the movement of the moon around the earth and the sun consists in and what moon phases are.

Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion
Teamwork and collaboration skills

You will need

Two balls: a tennis ball and a volleyball as well as a string.

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Authors

Author: Olga Kromuszczyńska
Methodology: Monika Zwierko
Translation: Monika Zwierko
Producer: Klaudia Chmura

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Photo Moon-in-phases/Spirit-Fire published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.