Use the six sections of this interactive resource to find out why the Sun and the Moon both seem to "move across the sky" and why the Moon seems to gradually change shape. See Student information and Teacher information.
Use the animated images on screens 1 to 6 to help you answer the Starter
Questions about the movements of the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon.
There are Extra Questions for those who like a challenge!
You can learn even more from the facts and figures listed under More
Information.
This interactive resource is designed to clarify students' understanding
of why the Sun and the Moon both seem to 'move across the sky' and
why the Moon seems to gradually change shape.
It has a southern hemisphere perspective, with images, times, cycles,
and phases of a theoretical (average) month.
Seasonal variation is not allowed for.
The resource supports topics in the New Zealand Science Curriculum
at levels 1–4. Further teacher information can be obtained from:
1. "Making Better Sense of Planet Earth and Beyond"*
2. "Science
in the New Zealand Curriculum"* (Planet Earth and Beyond)
3. Building
Science Concepts* series:
Book 8: "The Moon"; Book 9: "Shadows"; Book 20: "Our
Star, the Sun"; Book 27: "Exploring Space"; Book 28: "The
Night Sky"; Book 43: "Spring"; Book 44: "Spring Is a
Season"
4. Connected 3 1999*
* Please refer to the Ministry’s online school resources catalogue, Down the back of the chair, or contact:
Wickliffe Ltd
Freephone: 0800 660 662
Freefax: 0800 660 663
Email: orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nz
The activities require the
free Macromedia Shockwave Player. If you do not have Shockwave Player
installed, please visit Macromedia
This interactive resource can be viewed off-line by downloading and
unzipping the .ZIP file to your hard-drive. Once the file
has been unzipped
(extracted), open the "index.html" file into your web browser. DayNightWebsite.zip (455Kb)
