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- 3rd - 5th
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Students act out the functions of the salt marsh habitate by imitating the actions of the plants and animals that live there. Full Review »
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- 4th - 7th
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Students experience a computer based applet that explains why the Earth experiences tides. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students examine ocean characteristics. They locate oceans, research the diversity of ocean life, identify dangers to ocean life, conduct an experiment on salt water and tides, and create a poster of ocean zones and animals. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze the survival needs of different organisms and the conditions in a particular area that can affect these survival rates. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students investigate the regular motions of the sun, Earth and the moon and explain how these are related to days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles. They participate in an exercise where they explore the similarities and differences of these predictable motions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 11th
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Students estimate and measure volume (cord of wood) and speed (walking speed). They study how weather and tides affect inlets and vessels. They examine and make inferences from journals and other historic documents. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students take this course as an introduction to the aspects of marine geology and oceanography that affect the environment and marine resources. Topics include estuarine oceanography and sediments, eutrophication of coastal waters, primary productivity, waves and tides, sea level history, glacial geology of coastal Maine, and an introduction to plate tectonics. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and describe how currents are formed. In groups, they relate specific terms to the formation of currents and locate different currents on a world map. They also examine tides, how they are formed and how they are predicted. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students practice interpreting line graphs of the Hudson River water levels to assess the tides and tidal cycles in the estuary. They explore how weather can affect water levels and tides and observe that high tides and low tides occur in predictable cycles. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students are asked what they think the moon is made of? They discuss the Moon's importance in the relationship with the Earth and Sun. Students discuss the difference between revolve and rotation. They review the Moon's role in tides and seasons. Full Review »
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