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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students identify a variety of tide pool animals and the conditions necessary for these animals to exist. They share their knowledge through a multimedia project or a clay animation movie. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students describe how sea levels are constantly changing with daily and monthly cycles. They list some causes and effects of tidal changes. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the worlds oceans and their currents, tides, waves and marine life. They observe, classify and represent data. They also research marine life. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the topic of oceans in this twelve lesson unit. Ocean layers, tides, waves, currents, and marine life are probed through hands-on experiments, note taking, graph interpretation, and research. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students collect real world data from the Web regarding high and low tides at various locations in the United States. They find a function which models this data and make predictions on tide levels based on the information found. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students read a story about tides and discuss their importance to life on the shoreline. They visit an actual shoreline and make observations. Then they write about the sounds they heard while at the shore and tell what they think made these sounds. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students read and analyze a mythological story of how the tides were created. They write a paragraph explaining whether or not they agree or disagree with choices made by characters in the myth. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students examine the cause-and-effect relationship between tides and the rocky coast ecosystem. They complete a worksheet that illustrates the intertidal zone. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students describe three different aspects or life forms of the salt marsh. They compare and contrast the low and high marsh. Students explain what happens in different areas of the marsh at low and high tide; and explain the roles different organisms (or other elements) play in the salt marsh by acting out a salt marsh scene. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students are taught the concept of camouflage through the game hide and seek. They view photographs of camouflaged animals on the TIDES website. Students create a poster that camouflages a particular animal based on what they have been taught. They define and discuss certain terms associated with camoflage. Full Review »

