The Night Sky
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Classwork
Name ___________________________________
Draw and write about what you think the night sky looks like.
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The Moon
1st Grade PSI Science
Classwork
Name ___________________________________
For #1-5, fill in the blank with the correct word.
Word Bank
Natural
near
craters
hot
astronaut
1. When the sun is shining on the moon, the moon is very
________________________.
2. An ________________________ is a person who explores outer space.
3. The moon is a _______________________________ satellite.
4. We can see the _______________________________ side of the moon.
5. The moon is not flat. It has a lot of ______________________________.
6. Complete the right column of the table.
Body
What does it orbit?
Moon
Earth
7. When we see the moon, where is the light coming from?
8. Why is the far side of the moon very cold?
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The Phases of the Moon
1st Grade PSI Science
Classwork
Name ___________________________________
1. The table below shows how waxing and waning are different. Place the words
from the word bank into either the waxing column or the waning column.
Word Bank
Bigger
smaller
Waxing moon
right
left
Waning moon
2. What happens to the moon after the waning crescent?
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Put the phases of the moon in order from 1-8, by writing the number and name under
each picture.
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The Phases of the Moon
1st Grade PSI Science
Homework
Name ___________________________________
The phases of the moon are in order from 1 to 8. Color in the part of the moon that we
can see during each phase. Then, write the name of each phase.
1.
____________________________________________
2.
____________________________________________
3.
____________________________________________
4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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Graphing the Tides
1st Grade PSI Science
Classwork
Name ___________________________________
Tidal range is the difference between how high water is at high tide and how low water is
at low tide.
Tidal range = high tide – low tide
Question
At a beach in California, high tide is 4 feet high and low tide is 2 feet high.
What is the tidal range?
Tidal range = high tide – low tide
Tidal range = _____________ - ______________
Tidal range = ____________
The table below shows the tidal ranges for the Bay of Fundy in Canada, Anchorage in
Alaska, and St. Augustine in Florida. Use this information to make a graph of tidal range.
For every 5 feet of tidal range, color in 1 picture on the graph.
Location
Tidal Range
Bay of Fundy, Canada
55 feet
Anchorage, Alaska
40 feet
St. Augustine, Florida
5 feet
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Tidal Range
For every 5 feet of tidal range, color in 1 fish on the graph.
Bay of Fundy
Canada
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Alaska
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The Moon’s Effect on Earth
1st Grade PSI Science
Homework
Name ___________________________________
1. The table below shows how spring and neap tides are different. Place the words
from the word bank into either the spring tide column or the neap tide column.
Big
small
full moon
new moon
first quarter moon
third quarter moon
Word Bank
Spring tide
Neap tide
2. The tides are caused by the gravitational pull of what two objects on Earth?
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3. High tides happen on _______________________________ sides of the Earth.
4. There are ________ high tides and ________ low tides every day.
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The Moon Review
1st Grade PSI Science
Classwork
Name ___________________________________
Directions: Fill in the missing word in each sentence.
new moon
Word Bank
waning crescent
full moon
first quarter moon
1. When the right half of the moon is sunlit, it is the
_______________________________.
2. We cannot see the ___________________________________________.
3. The phase that happens after the waxing gibbous moon is the
__________________________________________________________.
4. The phase that happens before the new moon is the
___________________________________________________________.
Directions: Circle the correct answer.
5. Craters on the moon make the surface very smooth.
A. True
B. False
6. Circle the picture of the moon that is getting bigger.
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7. Spring tides happen when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line.
A. True
B. False
8. Circle all of the pictures that reflect light.
9. Neap tides are _________ than usual.
A. Smaller
B. Bigger
10. The moon and the Earth stay close together because of gravity.
A. True
B. False
11. Circle the picture of the moon that is waning.
12. In each column, write the phases of the moon that happen during each type of
tide.
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Spring Tide
Neap Tide
The Moon Classwork Answer Key
1. hot
2. astronaut
3. natural
4. near
5.
6.
7.
8.
craters
Earth; Sun
From the Sun
The sunlight never reaches it
The Phases of the Moon Classwork Answer Key
1.
Waxing moon
Bigger
Smaller
Right
Left
Waning moon
2. It becomes a New Moon and starts the cycle again
3. First Quarter-3
Waxing Gibbous-4
New Moon-1
Waning Gibbous-6
Waning Crescent-8
Waxing Crescent-2
Full Moon-5
Last Quarter-7
The Phases of the Moon Homework Answer Key- (see images from Classwork)
1. New Moon
5. Waning Crescnt
2. Waxing Crescent
6. Waning Gibbous
3. First Quarter
7. Last Quarter
4. Waxing Gibbous
8. Waning Crescent
Graphing the Tides Answer Key
Tidal range = 4-2
Tidal range = 2
For the Graph:
Bay of Fundy- color 11 fish
Anchorage- color 8 fish
St. Augustine- color 1 fish
The Moon’s Effect on Earth Answer Key
1. Spring Tide- full moon, new
moon, big
Neap Tide- first quarter moon,
third quarter moon, small
2. Moon and Oceans
3. Opposite
4. 2; 2
The Moon Review Answer Key
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
waxing crescent
new moon
full moon
waning crescent
B
Picture on the left
A
Mirror & moon
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9. A
10. A
11. Picture on the right
12. Spring Tide- full moon, new
moon
Neap Tide- first quarter moon,
third quarter moon
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