Moon on the Move!

Although seemingly far away from us on Earth’ surface, there is a lot to observe and explore in the sky! Just look up during the daytime and nighttime and you’ll see the shining Sun, the bright Moon and hundreds of twinkling stars. The Earth’s rotation on its axis and the Moon’s orbit around the Earth causes the observable patterns of the Moon we see in the night sky over time. In this lesson, students will develop and use models to construct an explanation about the cause of the observable patterns of the Moon in the sky due to Earth’s rotation on its axis and the Moon’s orbit.