Phenomenon Observation

Sometimes I can see the
moon during the day.
Sometimes I can’t.

Why can I see the moon during the day sometimes?

Observations

Questions

Reason

Lunar Phase Simulator

​Make this chart in your notebook. As you investigate the Lunar Phase Lab module simulator, record your observations and questions.

​observations

questions

Observations

Different Times of Day

Use your observations and the Lunar Phase Lab model to construct an explanation describing why we see the moon at different times of day.

Reason

Have you ever heard of the dark side of the moon? How can this be? Using the Lunar Phase Lab, build evidence that explains how there could be a dark side of the moon. Record your evidence and thinking in your notebook.
Build an argument that supports your claim that explains why there is a dark side of the moon. Include drawings and physical representations as needed. 

Write an explanation of how the Sun-Earth-Moon system causes the moon’s cyclical pattern to be 28 days and why we only see one side of the moon from Earth