Earth, Moon and Sun Systems

DIRECTIONS:

First, locate the blue bar at the top of the box and read the directions.

Second, follow the directions and complete the activity in the blue bar.

Third, click on the arrow at the end of the blue bar to move to the next activity.

Fourth, complete all of the activities in the blue bar.

Fifth,  take the quiz to see what you know about the Earth, Moon and Sun by clicking on the Quiz button.

Finally, answer the questions below on page two of your Earth, Moon, and Sun Systems packet.

1) What happens to the Moon when you change the hours?

2) What happens to the Earth when you change the days?

DIRECTIONS:

First, read the information on the Earth.

Second, answer the questions below about the Earth on page three of your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet.

1) Why is one Earth day 24 hours long?

2) How long does it take for the Earth to rotate around the sun?

3) Why is Earth the only planet in our solar system with humans, animals, and plants?

DIRECTIONS:

First, read the information about the sun.

Second, answer the questions below about the sun on page four of your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet.

1) What is the sun?

2) Does the sun move? If so, how?

3) Does anything revolve around ths sun? If yes, what?

4) Why is the sun important to us?

DIRECTIONS:

First, locate the blue bar at the top of the box and read the directions.

Second, follow the directions and complete the activity in the blue bar.

Third, click on the arrow at the end of the blue bar to move to the next activity and complete all of the activit ies.

Fourth,  take the quiz to see what you know about the Light and Shadows by clicking on the Quiz button.

Finally, answer the questions below on page four of your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet.

1) How is a shadow formed?

2) At what time(s) of the day is the shadow the longest?

3) Does the moon create shadows?

DIRECTIONS:

First, read the information about how the moon travels.

Second, answer the questions below on page five of your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet.

1) How long does it take for the moon to rotate around the Earth?

2) Do we always see the same side of the moon? Why or why not?

3) Does the moon change shape? Why or Why not?

DIRECTIONS:

First, click on the green play button to view the moon going through the different phases.

Second, click on the blue button to see the moon's location and the matching phase.

DIRECTIONS:

First, look at the picture of the phase of the moon for tonight.

Second, read the descriptions of the phases of the moon.

Third, answer the questions below on page five of your Earth, Moon and Suns Systems packet.

1) What phase of the moon will we see tonight?

2) Why can't we see the moon during the New Moon phase?

3) How much of the moon do we see during the Last Quarter phase?

DIRECTIONS:

First, put the phases of the moon in order.

Second, check your answers by clicking on the Check Answers button. If you had some moon phases out of order, make corrections by clicking on the Reorder Answers button.

Third, answer the question below on page five of your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet.

1) Which phase of the moon is 5th in the cycle?

2) Which phase of the moon is last in the cycle?

DIRECTIONS:

First, follow the steps below:

1. choose the 2000's as the century

2. choose this year.

3. choose this month.

4. choose the the first day of the month (1).

5. choose the zero hour.

6. choose the Eastern Time Zone.

7. click on SHOW PHASE.

Second, draw the phase on your calendar in the appropriate day on the calendar (page six of your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet).

Third, using information that you learned previously on other websites, label the phase of the moon that matches the phase you drew on the calendar.

Finally, repeat the steps above for each day of the month.

DIRECTIONS:

First, read the information about stars.

Second, answer the questions below about stars on page seven in your packet on Earth, Moon and Sun Systems.

1) What is a star?

2)  How long can a main sequence star shine?

DIRECTIONS:

First, read the information about constellations.

Second, answer the questions below in your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet on the page seven.

1) What is a constellation?

2) Do stars in a constellation belong together? Why or Why not?

3) How many constellations are recognized today?

DIRECTIONS: Follow the steps below to play this game and locate constellations in the night sky.

First, Click on the Begin Game button.

Second, read the question in the pink box and look in the sky to find the constellation. If you want to see all of the constellations at the same time to help you, click on the See The Constellation button.

Third, click on the constellation in the sky once you have located it.

Fourth, move on to the next question in the pink box.

Finally, keep identifying constellations until you have completed the game one time.

DIRECTIONS:

First, observe what the constellations will look like in tonights sky. See if you can find any constellations that you found in the game.

Second, pick one constellation to look at for the next couple of steps (for example, look just at the constellation Gemini).

Third, change the hours to observe how the constellation you chose moved.

Fourth, change the month to observe how the constellation you chose moved.

Finally, answer the question below on page seven in your Earth, Moon and Sun Systems packet.

1) Which constellation did you choose to observe?

2) What changes did you notice in your constellation when the hour changed, (the month should stay the same)?

3) What changes did you notice in your constellation when the month changed (the hour should stay the same)?