Here are some great links to teach your students about the phases of the moon, giving them an understanding that it isn't the shadow of the earth, but the illumination that we can see from our angle. Enjoy! Maybe you will come away with a better understanding yourself!
http://www.collinseducation.com/resources/ict%20activity/earth_FULL.swf
http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/phases/phases.html
video interactive, moon phases, legend of the sun and moon
http://www.amnh.org/ology/astronomy/stufftodo/moon2.html
see phases, pdf of printable moon phase flip book to make after observing moon for 29 days.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
see current moon phase and phases for any day between 1800 and 2199 - find your birthday!
http://www.spaceday.org/conmgmt/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=156&op=page&SubMenu
drag the moon around the earth and see the phases change - you will need a plug-in if it doesn't work
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html
lunar challenge...Put the phases of the moon in order...three levels of difficulty
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html
written and interactive tutorial with a quiz
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth
see earth from moon (or sun)...check out earth from different angles, see phases as of moon
School Vault is intended to be a storage area for our work and for giving easy access to Internet resources for students, teachers and parents. I hope you find something interesting, if not useful, to you. .......................Mrs. D. Smith, Dike Newell School, Bath, Maine......................
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