Teacher Resources

Classification: Tell the students, "Go to the Moon Graph and place your Moon above the one on the graph that looks the most like yours."  Once the students have completed their birthday moon pictures, they should classify their picture according to the Phases of the Moon.  Once classified, the Moon Graph can be made listing the phases that were studied, with the student pictures pasted in the proper columns.  Since most pictures won't come out to look exactly like the example pictures given in the Moon Graph, the students will have to decide which of the categories looks most like their pictures.  The graphs should be analyzed by asking the students several questions such as: 

• How many pictures are in each phase? 
• Which phase has the most pictures? 
• Which phase has the least pictures? 
• Which phase contains (student name)'s picture? 
• Would you put any pictures in a different category (phase)? If yes, why? 

Use the following graph outline to graph the Birthday Moon.
Moon Graph