Moon Lessons and Activities

Students experience a lot of stress. Between completing assignments and preparing for tests, they often become overwhelmed. On top of this, many spend hours each day at extracurricular activities and practice. So, they have just a few moments to do what they want each day. This means they often need ways to destress. For many students, this is drawing, listening to music, or just looking up at the peaceful sky. Luckily, these moon lessons and activities will help show students what they are looking at! They will become fascinated while learning about space and be eager to apply their knowledge while exploring the sky.

Moon Phases, Eclipses, and Tides

The moon is fascinating to study! Honestly, every aspect of space is. Luckily, the multiple templates help teach and review phases of the moon. Additionally, there are templates for students to explore the differences between solar and lunar eclipses. Students will even discover how spring and neap tide work.

To push thinking further, students will represent the position of the sun, moon, and earth during eclipses and tides. They will do this by cutting and pasting included pictures to represent the different positions. Thankfully, this extra manipulation allows students to truly push their knowledge to a deeper level of thinking!

Be sure to check out the Moon Phases Cookie Activity FREEBIE! Students will love the delicious hands-on lab! Best of all, it provides an amazing visual representation of the phases.

Astronomy Activity Bundle

Once students begin moon lessons and activities, they will want more! Honestly, astronomy is so exciting to learn about! Thankfully, this bundle helps teach all about space and the solar system.

Students will learn about the solar system through a doodle and write activity and a flip book. These are amazing ways to increase engagement and focus! Additionally, they will learn about the sun through a graphic organizer. They will even learn about the moon’s phases, tides, and eclipses through an interactive notebook. There is even a fun cookie activity for the phases of the moon!

Honestly, this bundle has so many incredible moon lessons and activities! Students will love learning how fascinating the solar system is with these lessons.

Astronomy & Space Word Wall

There are so many terms to learn during moon lessons and activities! Thankfully, there are 60-word wall stripes to help students understand their astronomy vocabulary. This includes terms for planets, the life cycle of a star, the sun, comet, astronaut, space station, and much more! Each strip has a word and a picture to help students learn them. You can even print the strips in color or black and white.

Learning about the solar system and how it works will be the favorite topic of students! Thankfully, these fantastic moon lessons and activities will ensure classrooms are full of smiling faces and curious minds.

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