• The moon does not give off its own light. It reflects light from the sun.

Like a flashlight shining on a mirror!

Look for the pattern!

Check out the right side!

• As the moon orbits Earth, we see different phases!

                                    

• The right side always lights up first. The right side always gets dark first.

*Draw this!!!

Then the pattern starts again!!

The right side lights up first!

The right side gets dark first!

*Does your drawing look like this?

Since the moon follows a pattern we can predict what the moon will look like years from now!

March 2013

Now draw the moon like this and fill in the rest:

New Moon

Full Moon

Last Quarter

First Quarter

**You need to know these terms:

•New moon

•1st Quarter moon

•Full Moon

•Last Quarter moon

When you can’t see it.

Only see the right half.

You see the entire side.

Only see left half.