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Moonrise to Moonset

3rd Grade

4th Grade – 5th Grade

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Observe the Moon’s apparent path across the sky from moonrise to moonset with a video captured at a beach and a visualization of the Moon’s full arc produced by the California Academy of Sciences. This resource stimulates students’ thinking about how the Moon changes position in the sky during one day and provides the opportunity to visualize the spatial and temporal scales of the phenomenon.