Authors: Bonnie Thurber, Hongfeng Guo, with SN Sugumar, Amritanshu Vajpayee Updated July 2022
Grade Levels/Ages: 13-16, Middle School + High School
Subject Areas: Science, Astronomy, Space Science, Language Arts, Art, Mathematics
Standards: USA Grades 7-10
Short Description: In this project, students become cultural astronomers. They take a survey about the moon; draw images or take digital pictures of the moon once a week or more at approximately the same time each evening for one month to get the full cycle. After posting their images with time, date, latitude, and longitude, students research and compare each others' images of the moon; create Padlets that include poetry, history, beliefs, stories, and research. Students use dialogue, comments, and discussion to share their valuable insights. The project ends with a final survey and sharing reflections. Students receive SpacEdge Web Badges and certificates for completing Challenges in the project. Students also receive a certificate for completing all sections of the project and the final survey.
Welcome to "Moon Over Us: Faces and Phases"- Shared Project!
欢迎来到“我们头顶的月亮”
Moon Phases 2022
Northern Hemisphere
Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Published: November 18, 2021
Site link: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2670/moon-phases-2022/
Southern Hemisphere
Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Published: November 18, 2021
Site link: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4956
Welcome to the Jan-Feb 2022 edition of Project "Moon Over Us-Faces and Phases". This Project promotes the observations of the Moon by the students from different continents. Students learn about the Moon, its distance from the Earth, and how it changes its shape. Each evening they observe and sketch or take pictures of the Moon from the first Waxing Crescent right after the New Moon to the Full Moon (waxing cycle of the Moon) and then back to the New Moon (waning cycle of the Moon). As this is happening, the students are to add the images to their respective class Padlet webpage(s) with their observations inclusive of a portion of landscape about the changes each day. Observation submitted over the Padlet should indicate the geographical location, date, time with time zone, the phase of the Moon captured and the instrument used to capture the Moon.
In the Project, the students and teachers from around the world exchange results and analyze the differences in the images of the Moon phases and discuss this information by commenting on each others Padlet pages as a mandatory activity.
In addition, students research and may share the history, beliefs, stories, legends, poetry, paintings, drawing and sketches of different faces of the Moon.
The result is an intercultural exchange of explanations about the differences and similarities of each country from their skies, the data gathering technology, and cultural traditions. This is considered a STEAM project.
在“我们上方的月亮”里，学生可以学习更多关于月亮在空中运动的知识。在这里，来自世界各地的学生和教师分享关于月球的信息， 并且在每个人的网页上讨论这些信息。
