Moon Phase Calendar: Project Instructions + Moon Phase Info
Moon Phase Calendar: Project Instructions + Moon Phase Info
Moon Phase Calendar: Track and Learn All 8 Moon Phases
Help students explore the Moon’s changing appearance with this interactive Moon Phase Calendar activity! Students learn the eight phases of the Moon (New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent) and record them on a printable calendar.
They’ll mark each phase on its real-life date, draw their observations, and connect lunar patterns to timekeeping—just like early explorers did. Perfect for science, astronomy, and nature-study units!
How did early explorers know what day it was?
- Moon phase illustrations & descriptions
- Materials list
- Instructions
- QR code for additional resources
- Coloring & Maze
Curriculum Alignment
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
- 1-ESS1-1: Use observations of the Sun, Moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
- 5-ESS1-2: Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and seasonal appearance of stars.
- 3-ESS2-1: Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season (supports connecting Moon phases to time/season observations).
Common Core State Standards (CCSS):
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7 – Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3 – Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent data sets with several categories (applies to graphing Moon phases).
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