Why we see moon phases

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Resource Title or Name: Why We See Moon Phases

URL: http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phase3.swf

Source (Publisher): ASPIRE - Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research & Education

Resource Author (as appropriate): University of Utah

Resource Publication Date (as appropriate): 2003

Entry Author: Kristen Olsen

Entry Date: April 20, 2010

Disciplinary Content / Subject: Science/Astronomy

Grade Level: Grades 4-6

Descriptors: Science, Lunar, Phases, Orbit, Moon

Brief Description Resource: Students can run a simulation of the moon phases. They can also see specific examples of each different moon phase and see how movement or orbit around the earth effects the lunar phase.

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