Phases of the Moon Bingo

A bingo game designed to help students learn the key vocabulary and definitions used when learning about the phases of the Moon.

Includes the following key terms and definitions:

1. Waning gibbous
2. Moon
3. Waning
4. Illuminate
5. First quarter
6. New moon
7. Lunar cycle
8. Waning crescent
9. Waxing
10. Sun
11. Waxing crescent
12. Orbit
13. Waxing gibbous
14. Earth
15. Full moon
16. Last quarter

The bingo kit also comes with:

• A fully editable PowerPoint presentation which contains each of the clues. The slides can be rearranged for each game of bingo or edited to suit the needs of your students.
• A bonus word search and matching activity worksheet with solutions.

How to Play:

1. Provide each student with a bingo sheet. Laminate a class set of the bingo sheets if you wish.
2. Have students circle a set number of words with an erasable white board marker or similar. You can circle more or less words depending on time.
3. Read out the clues provided and have students place a cross through the circled word.
4. The first student to get all of the clues raises their hand or shouts “bingo” or both!

Great accompaniments for this resource:

Phases of the Moon PowerPoint and Activity Sheets
Phases of the Moon Card Sort

Clipart by:
Artifex

Ron Leishman
ToonClipart