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- 6th - 8th
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Students use the Internet to gather information on tides and then use this information to determine the period of revolution of the moon around the earth (part 1) and the relative pull of the sun and the moon on the tides (part 2). Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore why when you examine the moon depends on its location in relationship to the sun and Earth. The moon never goes away or changes shape-we just see a different fraction of sunlight being reflected from the moon to Earth. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the nine planets and our solar system. They create drawings, construct a sun camera, record observations and data in a Space Journal, build a model of the planets, and participate in a simulation of the Earth's orbit around the sun. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the factors that cause and affect tides. They analyze different tide patterns and discuss what can affect the variations of these patterns. Thye describe how tides affect our lives. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the forces that cause and affect tides. They discuss the effect of lunar cycles on living organisms. They analyze different investigations to determine if lunar cycles affect specific phenomena in living organisms. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use the internet to research how the time of day affects the tides. They work together to develop a demonstration of the tide patterns for a month. They create a chart showing the relationship between tides and the phases of the moon. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students begin the lesson by researching the history of City Point, Connecticut. Using a map, they color areas they were asked to find and discuss why the areas are important to the community. As a class, they are shown recent slides of City Point and in groups compare them with older photographs. They end the lesson by discovering how tides are generated and affected by the moon. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover what the sun and planets are like and their positions in the Solar System. They explore how the sun affects Earth and what the moon looks like and how it moves. They study how scientists view space from Earth by using telescopes, satellites, and astronauts. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students, working in cooperative groups, will create a multimedia presentation about the Earth's moon. Their research must be presented through three or more methods. (i.e. charts; graphs; oral reports; multi-media; dramatic role play, etc.). Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize that local solar time is determined by the position of the sun relative to an observer's horizon, They explore the cycle of lunar phases by creating a "flip book" of photographs showing various stages of the lunar phases. Full Review »
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