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Grade 3 · Science

Moon phases

Why is the moon sometimes round and sometimes a sliver?

Moon phases

Science

What this lesson teaches

  • Move the moon around Earth and find the four main phases
  • Explain why the moon seems to change shape
  • Learn that the full moon comes around the 15th of the lunar month
  • Tell a first-quarter moon from a last-quarter moon

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