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Tides Lesson Plans
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Students explore the effects of tides and salinity on an estuary. In this salinity and tides lesson plan, students complete 3 activities which help them understand estuarine systems. They study the tides in the Chesapeake Bay, they study the salinity where the York River meets the bay and they study the interaction of the tides and a river flow.
Ninth graders determine the causes of tides. For this earth science lesson, 9th graders create marigrams from local tide data and label the neap and spring tides. They compare them with other parts of the world.
Learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Exploring Tide Pools. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
Learners research and they role-play the behavior of plants and animals in a salt marsh habitat as the tides change.
Sixth graders engage in a lesson plan that is about finding out information about the high and low tides. They discuss the relationship of the gravitational pull and the pull of the moon for the cycle of tides. Students read some common tidal charts and pay attention to the details.
Students interpret marigrams for information on tsunami. In this environmental science lesson, students study their group marigram and share analysis with their classmates. They explain how tide gauge data is used to understand and help prepare for tsunamis.
Students demonstrate how the moon affects the tides, a neap tide, and spring tides by using their bodies as models. After students observe the model they created, they draw and label the diagram on a provided worksheet. They then log onto the NOAA website to access tide data and make a graph.
Learners generate a graph on Microsoft Excel about the data they collect on tides. In this tides lesson plan, students research on the Internet about tides and use the data they collect in an Excel graph.
Students study waves and the differences between the movement of water particles and wave energy. In this waves and tides lesson students use the Internet to conduct their research.
Students explore oceanography by completing science worksheets. In this tide pools lesson, students discuss the forces of the tide pools, the animals that live within them, and the impact they have on the rest of the ocean. Students answer ocean related study questions on a worksheet.
