MERLOT Materials

Galileo pioneered astronomy as the first person to study the celestial objects through a telescope. His observations,... see more

Really cool animated page showing the movement of the moon around the earth from various angles.

Really cool animated page showing the movement of the moon around the earth from various angles.

This is a site that shows us how to make many beverages. It explains in detailed directions on how to make anything from... see more

Virtual moon with landing sites

Thumbnails of moon...lots of them.

Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the only astronomical body other than Earth ever visited by human beings. The... see more

This web application, developed mainly for elementary school students, shows the phases of the Moon for each day of a... see more

A simulation of a collection of (randomly initialized) moons, acting under the universal law of gravitation, with mass... see more

This is a collection of mathematics problems relating to the moons of the solar system. Learners will use simple... see more

The Moon, Earth's only natural satellite and one of the brightest objects in its sky, appears in the sky in many... see more

This series of webpages is part of a course, called Astronomy 161: The Solar System, offered by the Department of Physics... see more

Shows the phase of the moon.

Shows the phase of the moon

Interactive simulation of the phases of the moon that shows placement of the sun and moon throughout the month in very... see more

Actual pictures of the moon during it's various phases. Site is a little difficult to navigate and it takes 4 or 5 steps... see more

A short movie of the Moon moving through the Earth’s shadow, and how it appears from Earth. This requires Flash player.

This interactive applet displays the positions of sun and moon on the horizon for any date, time and location, and on an... see more

This is an excellent website for teens. Its purpose is to show and explain the phases of the moon. It gives you all the... see more

This exercise has students use a simple physical model of the Earth, sun, and moon to understand why the moon changes... see more

Does the Moon have a geocentric or heliocentric type orbit? a. geocentric. b. heliocentric. c. neither.

This pair of web pages, authored and curated by David P. Stern, describes early calculations of the Earth-Moon distance... see more

This site, created by John Walker of Formilab -- Switzerland, allows users to view the earth and moon, and daylight and... see more

This activity, created by Beth Hufnagel and Bob Stein of Michigan State University, is useful for teachers who are... see more