Earth's Moon and Its Phases

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by Amy Brown Science

Price: 350 points or $3.5 USD

Subjects: science

Grades: 6,7,8

Description: This set of 40 Boom cards is all about Earth's moon. Specifically, the following concepts are covered: • Satellites and moons. • Composition of the moon and its density. • Theories on the formation of the moon. • Phases of the Moon: New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent. • Definitions: Phases, waxing, waning. • Eclipses: Solar eclipse, lunar eclipse and annular eclipse. • The moon's tilted orbit. • Impact craters on the moon and Earth.