Question:
a) Why do you think we see different phases of the moon?
b) How are the Earth and Moon lit? Why do you think they are lit in such ways?
c) How do the phases of the Moon change?
d) Where is the Moon with respect to the Sun?
e) What do you think is causing the phases of the Moon? Does your observation from the evidence fit with your thoughts? If not, what did you find out from this exercise that you did not know before?

Answers:
a) This is due to the Moon’s position, if the Moon is in between the Earth and the Sun, at Earth, we will not see the Moon as the Sun is shining at the back of the Moon.
b) As all things reflect light into our eyes to be able to be seen, the light from the Sun is being reflected onto the Earth and the Moon, making them seem that they are ‘giving out light’.
c) The phases change depending on which part of the Moon is facing the Sun.
d) As the Sun is the parent of the Earth and the Earth to the Moon, we can conclude that the Moon is orbiting around the child of the Sun.
e) The faces of the Moon facing the Sun. Yes.