NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Salinity and Tides in York River
In this learning activity, students explore tides and salinity from tidal freshwater to high salinity conditions along the York River estuary. They learn how salinity changes with an incoming and outgoing tide, observing the dynamics of...
NOAA
Noaa: National Ocean Service: Education: Tides and Water Levels
A great resource for explaining and understanding tides. Find out what tides are and why it is so important to monitor them. This is an extensive tutorial followed by a set of review questions. All of the information can be downloaded as...
Other
Quoddy Loop: Tides
This resource gives an in-depth description of the Quoddy Loop of Islands within the Bay of Fundy. This area has the greatest tidal range in the world. Learn what causes these massive tides.
NASA
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory: Ocean Tides and the Earth's Rotation
An explanation of the effect that the tides have on the Earth's rotation.
Other
Moon Tides: How the Moon Affects Ocean Tides
Discusses the different kinds of tides, high and low tides, lunar tide facts, questions people have asked about tides, and causes of tides.
NASA
Science at Nasa: Ocean Tides Lost and Found
This article explains what forces are at work on changing the tides of our oceans.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Processes
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition. Includes background reading handout and discussion questions.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Water Going Up, Water Going Down
In this interactive learning module, students discover the effects of the changing tides on the life and health of an estuary ecosystem.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Catch a Wave
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...
EL Education
El Education: Creature of the Tides
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...
Harvard University
Harvard University: Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Moon
In this online textbook, students explore the phases of the moon, the moon's orbit, the origin of the moon, and the tides. Includes numerous inquiry-based activities.
Other
Travel Tidings Alaska: Alaska Travel, Tourism, & Vacations
Visit this free Alaska travel guide about Alaska tourism, with information on travel regions, cities, national parks, activities, weather, and various maps.
Other
Odyssey of the Mind: From a Distance
Students use the Internet, books, and articles to research the Earth and its changes (tides, seasons, atmosphere, etc.), develop a "class exhibit about the Earth" and "a survey that includes five questions that will measure what the...
Other
Stopping the Tide: The Battle of Midway, 4 6 June 1942
A complete description of the Battle of Midway, often cited as the turning point of the war against the Japanese. Includes detailed information into what happened during the attacks and battle.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Daniel Bernoulli
Part of a biography web page including information on James, John, and Daniel Bernoulli. The site includes information originally published in "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide
This animation from NOVA: "Battle in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer" describes how oncogenes cause cancer and how cancerous cells can spread throughout the body.
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museum
United States Indian Policy During the Late 19th Century: Change and Continuity
By the 1890's, the status of Indian people seemed to validate Frederick Jackson Turner's claim that "the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history." Natives ceased to threaten the Republic...
University of California
The History Project: Ideology of the New Left
The early 1960s saw a rising tide of criticism of American society, mainly by college students. They criticized repression, corruption and racism as basic flaws in the entire structure of American government and society. This lesson plan...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Science Daily: Mont Saint Michel
Science Daily offers a brief paragraph of information on Mont Saint Michel, home to the Benedictine Abbey Church.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Tsunamis Work
The immense swell of a tsunami can grow up to 100 feet, hitting speeds over 500 mph- a treacherous combination for anyone or anything in its path. Alex Gendler details the causes of these towering terrors and explains how scientists are...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Gwendolyn Brooks
Writer Gwendolyn Brooks is presented in this biography for her contributions to African American literature. Click on "Gwendolyn Brooks Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Creating Fuel From Algae
Read a passage about creating fuel from algae and answer the follow-up questions.
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