A moonth of a phase

In my science class we did a project to learn how moonth of a phase of or a phase of the moon happens. My hypothesis was just that the full moon and the new moon were switched, and that the phases were caused by the suns light too. Here are some of the things that I learned.

1.)    In my model my Earth was a big foam ball, the moon was a little foam ball, and the sun was a small light.

2.)    When the moon is in front of you and you are facing the lamp you don’t see anything because the moon is blocking it.

3.)    Top= last quarter

Right= full moon

Left= new moon

Bottom=first quarter

4.)    With two of the phases of the moon you can see half of the moon one time you can see the left side and the other you can see the right. On another phase you can see the whole moon , but on another you can’t see anything.

5.)    The light is always shining on the moon; however we might not be able to see it because it could be on the other side. Also the new moon is not caused by and eclipse because an eclipse is when the sun and the moon are perfectly inline and you can just see the perimeter of the sun. A new moon is just when you can’t see the sun at all.

6.)    I think making the model helped my understanding of how the phases of the moon work because I did not really understand. However it was a bit difficult because it was a challenge to get the perspective from Earth. Another way to do the project could have been to hang the moon and moved the light around it.