Introduction

=NASA, Are We Ready for Takeoff!!= media type="custom" key="7563649" Essential Question: What Can We ﻿ Learn for the Night Sky? Unit Questions: Why does the moon appear to change its shape over the course of a month?  l Why does the moon appear larger in certain phases than in other phases?  l Why do we not have a lunar or solar eclipse every month?

l Content Questions:  How do lunar or solar eclipses occur? <span style="display: block; mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1; mso-line-spacing: '80 20 0'; mso-margin-left-alt: 216;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-shadow: auto;"> l Name the eight phases of the moon. <span style="display: block; mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1; mso-line-spacing: '80 20 0'; mso-margin-left-alt: 216;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-shadow: auto;"> l Name eight phases of the moon in order. <span style="display: block; mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1; mso-line-spacing: '80 20 0'; mso-margin-left-alt: 216;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-shadow: auto;"> l Explain how the angular distance between the moon and the sun causes it to appear larger or smaller during each phase.