START HERE! 1: TEACHER SUPPORT 2: IMPLEMENTATION 3: DIGITAL CONTENT 4: EXCURSIONS/INCURSIONS • Teacher background notes • Planning ahead andequipment list • Teaching and learning plan(including safety notes) • Student worksheets • Videos • Interactives • Further lessonsand activities     DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LEARNING INTENTIONS Science Understanding / Earth and Space Sciences / Year 7 Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon (ACSSU115) Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance (ACSSU076) Learning Intentions Students will be able to: • identify questions that can be investigated scientifically • identify that the moon rotates on its axis as it moves around the Earth, and hence experiences day and night just as the Earth does • describe the way the moon moves around the Earth and hence explain why the same side of the moon always faces the Earth as it moves around the Earth • explain why the shape of the moon that we can observe from Earth, changes as it moves around the Earth • analyse information from digital technologies and images to arrange the different phases of the moon in chronological order • appreciate the importance of scientific discovery in changing people’s understanding of the world around us • communicate their ideas using appropriate scientific language and representations. How to use a CLE The Science ASSIST project is supported by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training through the Mathematics and Science Participation Program.