Science Connection: Moon Phases Eclipses, and Tides

“THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON” FRIDAY SCIENCE SONG COMPOSED TO THE TUNE OF THE SAME NAME BY MR.LEE AND FABOLOUS

SCIENCE CONNECTION: MOON PHASES.... ECLIPSES, AND TIDES

STRAIGHT LINE=SPRING TIDE=NEW MOON AND FULL MOON

NEAP TIDE=90 DEGREES RIGHT ANGLE=1ST QUARTER AND 3RD/LAST QUARTER

LUNAR ECLIPSE=AT FULL MOON PHASE

SOLAR ECLIPSE=AT NEW MOON PHASE

INTRO: OH, OH, OH, OH

CHORUS: IT GOES, NEW MOON, WAXING CRESCENT, 1ST QUARTER, WAXING GIBBOUS, FULL MOON, WANING GIBBOUS, 3RD QUARTER, WANING CRESCENT... THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES...

VERSE #1: (RAP PART)

IT'S THE MOON WE'RE STUDYING TONIGHT

BUT DID YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T MAKE ITS OWN LIGHT

REFLECTS THE SUN'S LIGHT

LIKE A BIG REFLECTOR, LIKE ONE ON YOUR BIKE

NOW THE SHAPES WE SEE OVER TIME, THEY CHANGE

8 DIFFERENT PHASES, LET'S LEARN THEIR NAMES

SO LIMPERTSTEIN AND MULKEY HERE, WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN

IT DEPENDS ON THE MOON'S POSITION

OF COURSE, RELATIVE TO THE EARTH

NOW NEW MOON STARTS IT, IT'S FIRST

NEW MOON, WE SEE NONE

SOLAR ECLIPSE TOO, MOON IN MIDDLE BLOCKS SUN

DURING THE DAY, IT'S QUITE A SPECTACLE

SOLAR ECLIPSE, DANGER TO EYES, BETTER WEAR SOME PROTECTIVE GOGGLES

MOON IN MIDDLE, BETWEEN EARTH AND SUN

NEW MOON...HOW MUCH DO WE SEE? NONE

NEXT UP, A WAXING CRESCENT

A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, DON'T JUST BE GUESSIN'

VERSE #2: NOW WE SEE MORE AND MORE...

1ST QUARTER, ONE FOURTH

BUT TO US IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S HALF LIT

BUT THE MOON IS A QUARTER WAY THROUGH ITS ORBIT

RIGHT SIDE LIT, LEFT SIDE DARK

1ST QUARTER, NOW YOU HIT THE MARK

NEAP TIDE HERE, THE WEAKER ONE

AT A RIGHT ANGLE, 90 DEGREES IS THE ARRANGEMENT OF EARTH, MOON AND SUN

WATER LEVEL ALL OVER EARTH LOOKS THE SAME

VERY SMALL OR MINIMUM TIDAL RANGE

NOW LETS KEEP SINGING THIS

NEXT IS A WAXING GIBBOUS

MOST OF THE RIGHT SIDE IS VERY LIT

BUT NOT QUITE ALL YET, WAIT A BIT

NOW THE MOON KEEPS ON REVOLVING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE

FULL MOON NEXT, ALL BRIGHT TO OUR EYES

SUN-EARTH-MOON IN STRAIGHT LINE

MOON BEHIND EARTH AND SUN, LUNAR ECLIPSE TIME

EARTH IN MIDDLE, AT NIGHT THE MOON APPEARS RED

ALL LINED UP, ALSO A SPRING TIDE WE SAID

HIGH TIDES REALLY HIGH, LOW TIDES ARE REALLY LOW

TIDAL RANGE IS HUGE, MAXIMUM, AT A SPRING TIDE WE KNOW

NOW WE CONTINUE, BUT WE SEE LESS OF THE MOON EACH DAY

NOT WAXING ANYMORE, IT'S WANING WE SAY

WANING GIBBOUS TO 3RD/LAST QUARTER

THEN TO WANING CRESCENT AND BACK TO NEW MOON, THAT'S THE ORDER

VERSE #3:

PHASES OF THE MOON

SAME SIDE SEEN BY ME AND YOU

PHASES OF THE MOON

29.5(WITHIN A MONTH) DAYS IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH

PHASES OF THE MOON

BOYS CHORUS: IT GOES, NEW MOON, WAXING CRESCENT, 1ST QUARTER, WAXING GIBBOUS, FULL MOON, WANING GIBBOUS, 3RD QUARTER, WANING CRESCENT... THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES...

GIRLS CHORUS: IT GOES, NEW MOON, WAXING CRESCENT, 1ST QUARTER, WAXING GIBBOUS, FULL MOON, WANING GIBBOUS, 3RD QUARTER, WANING CRESCENT... THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES OF THE MOON, THOSE ARE THE PHASES...