Learning Target: I can analyze data and make predictions of change in tides.

Think about these questions today as we review what we know about the Sun, moon, and Earth:

• How much of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans?
• What creates ocean tides?
• What is the pattern of the tides?
• How does the Moon affect tides?
• How many tide changes occur per day on the Texas Coast?
• At what times are the low tides observed?
• At what times are the high tides observed?
• We say there are usually two high tides and two low tides daily/  Why does the data show otherwise?

Vocabulary:

• gravity
• gravitational pull
• high tide
• low tide
• tidal cycle

Engage:

• Review about Tides
  • Discovery Video:  Tides (2 min.)
  • NOAA Video:  Tides (2 min.)
  • Tides Diagram
  • Turn-and-Talk
    • What are tides?
    • What causes tides?

Explore:

• Kinesthetic Model
• Online model:  Tides
• Sentence Strip Activity

Explain:

• Data:  Texas Tides
  • Corpus Christi Tides (English)
  • Corpus Christi Tides (Spanish)
• Videos:
  • Study Jams
  • Oceans Alive:  Tides (5 min.)
  • Brainpop
• Reading:  Stemscopes Article (English) (Spanish)

Evaluation:

• Exit Ticket – Tides

Learn More:

• Website:  NOAA
• Animation:  Tides
• Video:  Low Tide Treasures (2.5 min)
• Video:  Tsunamis are NOT Tides (2.5 min.)
  

  Illustration showing Earth, moon and tidal influence