Phases of the moon sequence and fold science craft activity

Need a fun alternative to a worksheet for teaching the phases of the moon? Help your students review the lunar cycle in a hands-on way with this set of differentiated cut-and-paste foldouts. Great for interactive science notebooks for first grade and above.

Use to support learning about space, the solar system, the Earth's moon/lunar phases, or World Space Week.

The templates

This printable activity has 5 options for you to choose from so that you can best match the needs of your students. All are for the Northern Hemisphere.

• Template 1: Color the Moon and the Moon’s phases, cut, glue, and fold.
• Template 2: Color the Moon and the Moon’s phases, match the labels to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold.
• Template 3: Color the Moon and the Moon’s phases, sequence the phases on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
• Template 4: Color the Moon and phases of the moon, identify the Moon’s phases, write the name of each one on the lines, cut, glue, and fold.
• Template 5: Print in color. Color the Moon, identify the Moon’s phases, write the name of each one on the lines, cut, glue, and fold.

Templates 1, 2, 3, and 4 are all included with 2 options - one with the letter 'b' on the phases of the Moon to show students which part to color black, and one without.

What else is included?

• Pictures showing where to fold the templates.
• Color poster page showing the full lunar cycle.
• Flashcards to introduce what each phase of the moon looks like (color, 2-to-a-page). You could also use them for a matching activity by cutting out each card, and then cutting between the word and the picture.
• UK and US versions of the PDFs.

Is this resource editable?

No, this resource is not editable.