Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Moon Lunar Cycle and Tides
Given models and illustrations, students will identify, demonstrate, and predict the sequence of events in the lunar cycle and relate the position of the moon and sun to their effect on ocean tides.
NOAA
Noaa: National Ocean Service: Tides Online
Coast to coast tide data. Links to state and storm information, historical data and frequently asked questions all about tides.
NOAA
Noaa: Tide and Current Glossary [Pdf]
This site offers definitions of the many and varied terms used to describe tides and currents.
Other
Univ. Of South Carolina: Www Tide and Current Prediction
The Univeristy of South Carolina provides predictions for tides and currents from all coasts of the U.S. Also provides useful related links.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather and Climate: Tides
Is it time for high tide? Make studying the tides fun with this video. Understand the impact of gravity on the water surfaces of the earth. Take the test to see how well the information is understood.
NASA
Scijinks: Tides and Oceans
Discover some interesting facts about tides and oceans and activities which correspond.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Antarctica Penguins: How Does the Moon Influence the Tide?
This lesson explains how the moon affects tides on Earth and about the different types of tides.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Tides and Water Levels
This tutoria is an overview of the complex systems that govern the movement of tides and water levels. It is made up of 11 chapters that can be read in or out sequence, and includes many illustrative and interactive graphics to visually...
Other
California State Parks: Parks Online Resources: Lessons: Tide Pool Ecology
A three-lesson unit on tide pools, including a videoconference component with a park ranger at Crystal Cove State Park in California and curricular materials: activities and worksheets, PowerPoints, videos, and tide pool life fact cards.
University of South Florida
Project Oceanography: Red Tide and Harmful Algal Blooms [Pdf]
Lesson plans and experiments to investigate organisms that cause Red Tide, and diseases that are caused by harmful algal blooms. Background information is provided.
Harvard University
Harvard Univ. Library: The Tide of Immigration: The Alien Contract Labor Law
This chapter from a 1916 book by Frank Julian Warne, titled The Tide of Immigration, outlines how the so-called native workers' jobs should be protected from the influx of immigrants. Read about the law that made it illegal for...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Tides
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes and features of tides.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: The Tides [Pdf]
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 3) focuses on the tides. It explains the pull on the earth by the sun and moon and how the tides go in and out.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Earth Science, Tides Quiz
For middle grades. Using your knowledge of tides, answer the following questions.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Tide Pools
Click on tide pools on the left hand menu to find a description of tidepools. Use the menu to navigate to other shoreline related topics.
MadSci Network
Mad Scientist: Why High Tide Away From the Moon or Sun?
An excellent and thorough answer to the often asked question about high tide "bulges" on the side of Earth facing away from the Moon or Sun.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Codex Leicester: Fossils/mountains, Moon/tides
An excerpt from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester. Find out how this "Renaissance man" observed the Earth and learned more about tides, moons, and fossils in the mountains.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tidal Curiosities
This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site answers questions about irregularities in the tides.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: More on Galileo's Big Mistake
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Tides
[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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Moon
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Moving Water
Students learn about surface currents, wave characteristics, and the forces that cause tides in the World Ocean.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Algae
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.
Other
Hopewell Rocks Video
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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