Science5 Q4 Module4 Week4 18p
Science5 Q4 Module4 Week4 18p
Science
Quarter 4 - Module 4
Phases of the Moon
Science – Grade 5 SSES
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Quarter 4 – Module 4: Phases of the Moon
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This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to
help you master the skill on identifying the phases of the moon. The scope of
this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the
order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.
The module is about:
Lesson 1 – Phases of the Moon
What I Know
Draw a happy face 😊 if the statement is correct and sad face ☹ if it
is NOT. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
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Lesson
The moon is the only natural satellite that Earth has. A satellite is an
object that revolves around a larger object. The moon does not produce its
own light. It only reflects the light coming from the sun. Since the moon is
revolving around the Earth, the amount of light it reflects from the sun
varies as it changes its positions (Sarte, Garcia, Lopez, Dela Cruz, &
Aradaza, 2016).
In this module, the learners will find answers as to why the moon
appears differently at different times?
What’s In
A. Arrange the jumbled letters to form a word being described in each
number. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
(NOITULOVER) 1. It is the motion of Earth and the moon in their
orbits.
(TARONOIT) 2. It is the spinning motion of some bodies like
planets and satellites in space.
(XIAS) 3. It is an imaginary line going through the center
of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
(TIBRO) 4. It is the path that one body takes in space as it
revolves around another body and followed by the
planets as they travel around the sun.
(ITELLETAS) 5. It is the term used to describe the moon.
B. Put a check (√) if the statement is correct and a cross (x) if it is NOT. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. The moon’s surface has mountains and craters.
2. The moon moves in two ways: the rotation and the revolution.
3. It takes ten complete revolutions and rotations for the moon in one year.
4. You would feel like floating on the surface of the moon because of its
weaker gravity compared to the Earth.
5. The moon continuously moves by rotation and revolution around the
Earth as Earth continuously moves by rotation and revolution around
the sun.
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What’s New
Read the poem and answer the guide questions on a separate sheet of
paper.
I am The Moon
by Maylynn Grace R. Nisperos
Guide Questions
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What is It
If you are to observe the moon regularly for a month, you will likely
observe that its shape appears to change. Sometimes, you can only see
small amounts of this lighted half of the moon. However, there are times
when you don’t see any of the lighted half of the moon at all. This is because
different parts of the moon are visible, depending on the amount of sunlight
shines on it. It takes the moon only 27. 32 days to complete its orbit around
Earth, but because of the movement around the sun, the moon goes
through a cycle of phases, from new moon to the next New Moon over a
period of 29.5 days.
As the moon revolves around Earth, you see a different amount of its
lighted part because it receives varying amounts of light from the sun at
different points on its orbit (Valencia & Villona, 2015).
Moon Phase Chart
First
Quarter
Waxing
Crescent
Waxing
Gibbous
New
Moon
Full
Moon
Waning
Gibbous
Waning
Crescent
Last
Quarter
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What are the phases of the moon?
2. Waxing Crescent
3. First Quarter
Half of the moon’s lighted surface is seen on Earth
after one week from the New Moon’s phase. It shows that
only one- half of the lighted part is reflected to Earth. At
this phase, it is already on Day 7 of its journey (Valencia
& Villona, 2015).
As viewed from anywhere on Earth, a First Quarter
moon appears at its highest in the sky at sunset. It sets
around the middle of the night. It’s called a Quarter
Moon, it looks half-illuminated, like half a pie or you
might say that – at First Quarter moon – we’re seeing
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half the moon’s day side or a quarter of the whole moon.
There’s another reason we call this moon
a quarter and not a half. It’s because it’s one quarter of
the way around in its orbit of Earth, as measured from
one New Moon to the next (Deborah Byrd, 1994).
4. Waxing Gibbous
The moon is on Day 11 of its journey. Gibbous
means “hump shaped. A waxing gibbous moon is in the
sky when darkness falls. It lights up the early evening. It
appears more than half lighted, but less than full
(Valencia & Villona, 2015).
5. Full Moon
Why does a Full Moon look full? Remember that
half the moon is always illuminated by the sun. That
lighted half is the moon’s day side. In order to appear full
to us on Earth, we have to see the entire day side of the
moon. That happens only when the moon is opposite the
sun in our sky. So a Full Moon looks full because it’s
opposite the sun (Valencia & Villona, 2015)
6. Waning Gibbous
After Full Moon, the visible lighted part of the
moon becomes smaller. At this phase, at around Day 17,
the moon begins to wane or shrink because the sun
begins to shine on the western edge. The visible lighted
part becomes smaller in which it is less than Full Moon
but more than the last quarter. Waning means “growing
smaller” (Valencia & Villona, 2015).
Between Full and Last Quarter Moon – late at
night or in the early morning – you might catch the
moon in its Waning Gibbous phase. It will appear less
than Full but more than half-lighted. A Waning Gibbous
moon rises later at night, somewhere between your local
sundown and midnight (Deborah Byrd, 1994).
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7. Last Quarter
It is also referred to as the Third Quarter phase.
The moon has already moved three fourths of its orbit
and has reached Day 21 of its trip. The amount of
lighted part that is reflected to Earth becomes smaller.
Only half of the lighted part of the moon facing Earth
can be seen
The Last Quarter moon appears a week after Full
Moon and a week before new moon. It rises in the middle
of the night, appears at its highest in the sky around
dawn, and sets around midday (Valencia & Villona,
2015).
8. Waning Crescent
The moon is Day 24 of its journey. On this phase,
only a small portion of the lighted part facing Earth can
be seen. The moon is less than Third Quarter but more
than new moon (Valencia & Villona, 2015).
A Waning Crescent moon can be found in the east
before sunrise. It’s Waning toward New Moon, when the
moon will be between Earth and the sun. On each
successive morning, a Waning Crescent moon will show
us less and less of its lighted portion, or day side. Each
day, it rises closer to the sunrise, heading for new moon,
when the moon will be between the Earth and sun. The
illuminated side of a Waning Crescent moon always
points eastward, or in the direction of sunrise (Deborah
Byrd, 1994).
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What’s More
Activity 1
Match the items in Column A with the items in Column B. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Column A Column B
1. The phase that is seen when the moon is between A. First Quarter.
the Sun and the Earth. B. Full Moon
2. The phase when most of the lighted portion C. Last Quarter
of the moon is visible in the sky and seen D. moon
before a full moon. E. month
3. The phase when the entire lighted portion F. New Moon
of the moon is seen in the sky. G. phases of the
4. The phase when the moon appears in a moon
semi- circular form and is seen after a H. Waning Crescent
new moon. I. Waning Gibbous
5. The phase that appears after a Waning J. Waxing Crescent
Crescent. K. Waxing Gibbous
6. The phase when most of the lighted
portion of the moon is seen in the sky,
but gets smaller every night.
7. It is the Earth’s only natural satellite.
8. The period it takes for the moon to
complete one cycle.
9. It is the half of the moon’s lighted surface
that is seen on earth.
10. It is the phase of the moon that is less
than Third quarter but more than the New Moon.
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Activity 2
Below are the phases of the moon. Label each correctly and add a
short description. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Example:
New Moon
At this phase, Day 1, the moon is between the
sun and the Earth. The half of the moon lighted by
the sun faces away from Earth.
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Rubric for Rating
Criteria/ Points 5 3 1
Activity 3
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What I Have Learned
The moon is the only natural (1) ____________ that earth has. It does
not produce its own light. It only reflects the light coming from the (2)
_____________. The shape of the lighted part of the moon that we see at any
given time is the (3) ____________. It takes the moon only (4) __________ to
complete its orbit around Earth, but because of the movement around the
sun, the moon goes through a cycle of phases, from new moon to the next
new moon after a (5) __________
(6) In __________phase, the moon lies between Earth and the sun. After
the New Moon, each night, more of the moon’s lighted part becomes visible,
we say the moon is in its (7) __________. Waxing means (8) __________. When
the moon is halfway of its orbit, the half part becomes fully lighted and is
reflected to Earth and it is called (9) __________. After a Full Moon, the visible
lighted part of moon becomes smaller. (10) __________ means growing
smaller
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What I Can Do
Draw the different phases of the moon. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
First
Quarter
Waxing
Waxing
Crescent
Gibbous
New
Moon
Full
Moon
Waning
Gibbous Waning
Crescent
Last
Quarter
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Rubric for Rating
Criteria/ 5 3 1
Points
Drawing All phases of the Only five drawings Only two drawings
Presented moon were were presented were presented
presented correctly correctly correctly
All the phases of Most of the phases Some of the phases
Neatness the moon are of the moon are of the moon are
drawn neatly drawn neatly drawn neatly
Assessment
1. If David will look into the sky and see a new moon what phase of the
moon will be seen after two weeks?
A. Full moon
B. New moon
C. crescent moon
D. first quarter moon
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5. Why can we see the moon?
A. Because the moon is hot.
B. Because the moon is on fire.
C. Because it makes its own light.
D.Because sunlight reflects back to us from the surface.
9. In what phases can you see an increasing amount of the lighted side of
the moon?
A. First Quarter to Full Moon
B. Mull Moon to Last Quarter
C. Full Moon to New Moon
D. New Moon to Full Moon
10. My left side is lit by the sun and a viewer from Earth would see half of
me lit. What phase of the moon am I?
A. First Quarter
B. Last Quarter
C. Waning Gibbous
D. Waxing Crescent
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Additional Activity
Criteria/ 5 3 1
Points
Clarity and Phase of the moon Phase of the moon Phase of the moon
Structure of was keenly was observed but was presented
the observed and its not clearly
Observation complete image presented
was clearly
presented
Content Predictions are Predictions are Predictions written
and accurately written written less are not accurate
Accuracy in 3 sentences accurately in 2 and incomplete
sentences
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What’s In
What I Know
A
1. 9.
1. REVOLUTION
2. 10. 2. ROTATION
3. 3. AXIS
4. ORBIT
4. 5. SATELLITE
5. B
6. 1. /
2. /
7. 3. X
8. 4. /
5. /
What’s More What I Have Learned Assessment
Activity 1 Activity 3
1. F 1. F 1. satellite 1. C
2. K 2. T 2. sun 2. D
3. B 3. T 3. phases of the moon 3. D
4. J 4. F 4. 27.32 days 4. A
5. C 5. F 5. month 5. D
6. I 6. F 6. new moon 6. C
7. D 7. F 7. waxing phase 7. B
8. E 8. T 8. growing larger 8. C
9. A 9. T 9. full moon 9. D
10. H 10. T 10. waning 10.B
Activity 2
1. new moon
2. waxing crescent
3. first quarter
4. waxing gibbous
5. full moon
6. waning gibbous
7. last quarter
8. waning crescent
Answer Key