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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tireless Tides: Extracting Energy From Ocean Tides

For Students 6th - 8th
Renewable energy is the energy that is extracted from natural sources, such the Sun (solar), earth (geothermal), wind, and water (hydropower). These sources are renewable because they can be replenished by the same natural sources within...
Handout
Other

Puget Sound Shorelines: Beaches Tide Pools

For Students 9th - 10th
Washington State's Dept of Ecology website provides a brief description of a tide pool, it's inhabitants and tips on examining them. Related links.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Tide Marsh

For Students 6th - 8th
Read the full text of the short story "The Tide-Marsh" by Kathleen Thompson Norris.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Tide by Stewart Edward White

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Tide" by Stewart Edward White on this site.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Caught on the Ebb Tide by Edward Payson Roe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "Caught on the Ebb-Tide" by Edward Payson Roe.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: More on Galileo's Big Mistake

For Students 9th - 10th
Even great scientists make mistakes! This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site looks at Galileo's theory of the tides, which, while well thought out, was wrong.
Website
NASA

Sci Jinks: Tidal Curiosities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Understand where tides come from. This brief article illustrates and describes the science behind high and low tides as well as why some places experience only one high and low in a twenty-four hour period.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: High Tide on Io!

For Students 3rd - 7th
What's it like on Jupiter's moon, Io? Find out in this short, illustrated tutorial.
Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: Oceans

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out why the oceans are blue and what causes waves by clicking here. There is a table of information about the four oceans as well as interesting facts on waves, salinity, and tides.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Tides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides a comprehensive study of the tides with the use of pictures, graphs, tables, Internet web sites, animations, and student interaction with the ACTIVboard, a glossary of tide...
Article
NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: Huge Machine Harnesses the Tides

For Students 3rd - 7th
Learn how an alternative energy source called tidal energy works, and find out where it is being harnessed.
Website
Museum of Science

Museum of Science, Boston: Ebbs and Flows of the Sea

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple one-page explanation of oceanic tides. Includes instructions for completing a tide-mapping activity.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will explore what it is like on the Moon. Learn why the shape of the Moon seem to change and also about lunar eclipses. Discover why the tide changes twice a day and explore how the cycle of the Moon...
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Catch a Wave

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project for Grades 6 to 12, learners will use real data collected online to learn how waves and tides work. They will learn what causes water to move, and how waves and tides impact on humans, organisms and waterfront lands. They...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Moving Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about surface currents, wave characteristics, and the forces that cause tides in the World Ocean.
Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Algae

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles and news items on algae: what they are, different kinds, harmful effects of some (e.g., red tide), potential benefits (e.g., as a replacement for fossil fuels), their role in ecosystems, etc.
Website
Other

Hopewell Rocks Video

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Visit the magnificent Hopewell Rocks and view the famous Flowerpot Rocks. See time lapse photography of the tides of the Bay of Fundy at both low and high tide. Video length 2:07
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SEDL

Oceans [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This large PDF file integrates math, science, and language into several lessons about characteristics of the oceans. Topics include ocean currents, tides, density, marine life, and pollution.
Website
NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: The Ocean

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents a complete guide to the ocean and its effect on our weather such as El Nino, hurricanes, floods, and droughts. Explores layers of the ocean, sea water, waves, tides, rip currents, and more. A review...
Website
Other

Welcome to the Hopewell Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the famous Hopewell Rocks and explore the park and its famous Flowerpot Rocks where the highest tides in the world can be found. Check out the "Did you know?" sections for fascinating facts and information.
Website
Other

Hopewell Rocks 360 Degrees Panorama

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a panoramic tour of the famous Hopewell Rocks. Explore the ocean floor and the rock formations. Be careful! When the tides come in the water rises to a height of a four story building.
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EL Education

El Education: Creature of the Tides

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This picture book was created by a high school junior from the Kanu o ka 'Aina New Public Charter School on The Big Island of Hawaii, a K - 12 Hawaiian-Immersion school. It was created for younger, elementary-aged students, as part of an...
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EL Education

El Education: San Diego Bay: 2008 Tide Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students complete original research to create a calendar. Each calendar month includes a page with informational text and original photographs featuring different endangered animals of the San Diego Bay including tidal information and a...
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EL Education

El Education: Abc's of the Intertidal Zone High Tide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This guide to the intertidal zone was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine, as part of a Learning Expedition called, "In the Zone." Each student was responsible for studying and researching a particular species within the...

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