In this lesson, students use their knowledge of moon phases to build a calendar they can use to find out when and where to see each phase of the Moon throughout the year.

Students learn about the phases of the moon by acting them out.

Students identify the Moon’s location in the sky and record their observations over the course of the moon-phase cycle in a journal.

Students use analog and digital tools to measure the Moon’s apparent size and brightness.

Students learn how waves are used in communication between far-away spacecraft and the Deep Space Network on Earth. They then practice communicating using a similar process, and finally develop a method of communicating using repeated signals.