The Astronomy Center has provided educational resources to introductory astronomy educators since 2003. Over the past 20 years, the rapid pace of discovery has rendered some of our linked resources obsolete. Thus, the Astronomy Center will be decommissioned on March 1, 2022. Our highest quality resources will be retained on
ComPADRE.org.
Phases of the Moon JS Model Documents
This material has 6 associated documents. Select a document title to view a document's information.
Main Document
written by
Todd Timberlake and Mario Belloni
The EJS Phases of Moon JS model displays the appearance of the Moon and how it changes depending on the position of the Moon relative to Earth and Sun. The right window shows Earth (at the center) and Moon, as well as a circle tracing out Moon's orbit. The Sun is far to the right in this picture and therefore the right side of Earth and Moon are bright while the left sides are dark. By using the options, the Moon View window (left) shows the appearance of the Moon as seen from Earth when the Moon is in the position shown in the main window.
The EJS Phases of the Moon JS model includes supplemental documents (see below) that include a middle school lesson plan.
Published July 3, 2014
Last Modified September 25, 2017
 This file has previous versions.
Primary Documents
by written by Barbara Christian and converted to EPUB by Mario Belloni
The Phases of the Moon Middle School Lesson Plan in an EPUB format
Published June 29, 2014
Last Modified November 16, 2019
 This file is included in the full-text index.
This file has previous versions.
Supplemental Documents (3)
by written by Barbara Christian
A pdf file with a teacher lesson plan for use with the Phases of Moon.
Published October 12, 2009
Last Modified November 16, 2019
This file has previous versions.
A pdf file with a college-level homework exploration for use with the Phases of Moon.
Published October 9, 2009
Last Modified March 4, 2015
This file is included in the full-text index.
EPUB3 format of the Phases of the Moon JS model.
Published June 29, 2014
Last Modified March 4, 2015
This file is included in the full-text index.
Source Code Documents
|
Phases of the Moon JS Model