=======Doing the Moon Dance======= We gave each student a small ball on a stick (golf ball or ping pong ball) to represent the moon. We turned out the classroom lights and used a lamp to represent the sun. First, everyone held their ball so that it was eclipsing the lamp. I asked, "What is the angle between your arm when pointing one arm at the lamp and holding the ball in the new 'moon' position?" 0 degrees.\\ As we moved through the moon phases, the students observed the angle relationship created by the "sun" and "moon":\\ * New = 0 degrees\\ * Waxing Crescent = 0 - 90 degrees\\ * First Quarter = 90 degrees\\ * Waxing Gibbous = 90 - 180 degrees\\ * Full = 180 degrees\\ * Waning Gibbous = 180 - 90 degrees\\ * Third Quarter = 90 degrees\\ * Waning Crescent = 90 - 0 degrees \\ \\ We used the term acute, right, obtuse, and straight to describe the angles formed.