NGSS · Earth & Space Science · Grades 6–8 (Middle School)

MS-ESS1-1 Moon Phases, Eclipses & Seasons

Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

Kentucky 6-ESS1-1 uses the same wording.

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Science Unlocked lesson set Dark at Noon On August 21, 2017, the sky near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, went dark in the middle of the afternoon and the air turned cooler. Every month, at new moon, the Moon swings around to the Sun’s side of Earth. 1 week · $3.00 · Grades 6–8 See what’s inside
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