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

This game is a fun and engaging way for Earth Science students to learn about latitude and longitude. It is a twist on the classic game of Battleship, where students must use latitude and longitude coordinates to sink their opponent’s ships. The game comes with a world map, a set of latitude and longitude coordinates, and instructions. How to Play: Each player places their ships on the world map according to the latitude and longitude coordinates provided. Players take turns calling out a latitude and longitude coordinate. If the opponent has a ship at that location, it is sunk. The first player to sink all of their opponent’s ships wins the game. This game is a great way for students to: Learn about latitude and longitude Practice using latitude and longitude coordinates Develop their spatial reasoning skills Have fun while learning! Included: PDF copies of the instructions and game board (I recommend laminating the game boards) Apple Pages copies to edit (If you need MS word, please reach out after purchase and I can provide that for you).