 Unit 7: Astronomy and Space Exploration Activity 9: Tides: What's The Moon Got To Do With It? (SI GLEs: 13, 14, 15, 19, 33; ESS GLE: 41)
CC: Students should find local tide data for a Louisiana coastal area. Students should correlate times of high and low tides for a given day to the phases of the Moon. Have the students relate how the Moon's phases play a role in the generation of tides.
Unitedstreaming videos
http://www.unitedstreaming.com Spin Around the Solar System, A: Moon Dance The Moon and Tides (4:00)
Oceans Alive: Tides (5:00)
Closer Look at the Moon, A: Space Science Series Tides (1:42)
Other suggested websites:
Tides.INFO - Tide predictions for the world
Louisiana Sportsman's Tide Guides: http://www.louisianasportsman.com/tide-guides.php
National Oceanic Service - Tides Online http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/
Once the data is acquired, students could use Microsoft Excel to plot the tidal data for a month and then use its graphing function to generate the tidal curve for this data. |