Moon Phases & Eclipses
Solar System Exploration: Planets – Earth – from NASA
Phases of the Moon
Phases of the moon – factmonster
text definition
Understanding Moon Phases - MoonConnection.com
Detailed diagram and text
Full Moon Dates for Beverly - Old Farmers' Almanac
Table of full moon dates for 2010-2014
Moon Phase Calendar for Beverly - Old Farmers' Almanac
photos of what moon looks like on a regular 7-day calendar
Lesson plan about orbit of moon (elementary?)
Phases of the Moon - Windows to the Universe
Moon Phases - Stardate.org
Phases of the Moon - Newton's Apple
Full Moon Effect on Behavior Minimal, Studies Say -
Lunacy: How the Moon's Phases Influence Weather - USA Today, 10/14/2010
Eclipses
Definition of eclipse in FactMonster
Eclipses online (UK HM Nautical Almanac Office)
Solar Eclipses
Solar Eclipses - Windows to the Universe
Solar Eclipse – Stardate
has a podcast with audio. This shows the text
Times Topics - Eclipses - Collection of NY Times articles about Eclipses
Eclipse Chasers website
Stunning Pictures of the Solar Eclipse - The Telegraph
EclipseWatch - results of information collected during the 2010 eclipse in India
Lunar Eclipses
Lunar Eclipses- Windows to the Universe
How Lunar Eclipses Work – HowStuffWorks.com – has good NASA video explaining lunar eclipses
Lunar Eclipse – Stardate
has a podcast with audio. This shows the text
Eclipses Yield First Images of Elusive Iron Line in the Solar Corona
Other - Transits, etc.
Moon transits earth video (youtube)
Different types of information sources:
§ Books (older and newer)
o Book for middle/HS kids about the earth, moon, solar system
o Picture books
o Books for adults
§ Encyclopedia
§ News articles
§ Videos
§ Photos
§ Diagrams
§ Activities
§ Spoken text
§ 3-D model
§ google search – whatever comes up first
§ First-person account – through published or direct interview
§ table
§ graphic
§ myths and legends and literary references (see http://www.factmonster.com/spot/eclipse-lit1.html)
Gravity
Getting the Low Down on Gravity
The Sun and Moon Affect the Oceans – About.com
Myths about Gravity and Tides – Univ. of Illinois prof. - Downloaded PDF from Bad Physics website