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VR Moon Phases Lab: Exploring Lunar Phases from Space and Earth

Engage your students in an immersive learning experience with this VR Moon Phases Lab, designed to help them understand the causes of moon phases in a phone new way. This resource combines a virtual reality (VR) simulator and an online simulation to provide students with a dynamic, hands-on approach to exploring the moon’s phases.

*Note: You do not HAVE to use the VR mode.

What’s Included:
• VR Simulator Activity: Students interact with a VR model to visualize the moon’s orbit, Earth’s rotation, and observing how the positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun cause different phases as an observer on Earth.
• Online Simulator Activity: A complementary web-based simulation reinforces key concepts for students from an overhead view .
• Dual Perspective Analysis: Students will draw the moon phases from both the point of view of an observer on Earth and from space, deepening their understanding of how perspective affects observation.
• Guided Lab Worksheet: Includes step-by-step instructions, reflection questions, and space for diagrams to support student learning and assessment.

Key Concepts Covered:
• The relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun
• How the Moon’s orbit causes its phases
• Differences in observing moon phases from Earth and space