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Big Question: What causes the yearly cycle of seasons, the monthly cycle of moon phases, and the daily cycle of the ocean tides?
Big Question: What causes the yearly cycle of seasons, the monthly cycle of moon phases, and the daily cycle of the ocean tides?
Assignments
Assignments
1/22 - Quiz: Seasons, Moons, Tides, and Solar System
1/22 - Signed Portfolio 11/26/18 to 1/18/19 with Notebook and Keywords (KIMs)
1/18 - Sea Level and Tides WS using:
1/11 - Reasons for the Seasons WS using:
Earth and Sun - esminfo.prenhall.com - Shows solstices and equinoxes through a year. Questions 1-6.
Seasons Interactive - highered.mcgraw-hill.com - Change the tilt to see the effect on the seasons. Questions 7-8.
Objectives
Objectives
Relate Earth's days, years, and seasons to Earth's movement in space.
Explain the causes of ocean tides.
Describe variations in the tides.
Match tidal variation with lunar phases.
Warm-ups
Warm-ups
1/9 - Answer what you think or guess without looking in the book:
What is different about the four seasons?
How does a season vary in different places on Earth?
What is the main reason for the seasons?
Reasons for the Seasons – TED Ed
1/10 - How does the angle at which the sun hits the Earth's surface effect the temperature? (IS pg. 430)
1/11 - List the 8 phases of the moon starting with the New Moon. Draw a representation
1/14 - Make a Venn diagram comparing a solar eclipse to a lunar eclipse. (SS pgs. 158-159)
1/15 - Make a Venn diagram comparing Spring Tide with Neap Tide. (Investigating Sea Level Using Real Data - portal.nnvl.noaa.gov - LEVEL 3)
1/16 - Why do some scientists think there is a ninth planet in the solar system?
1/17 - A Lunar Eclipse will occur on Sunday, Jan. 20. Starts 7:30, Total 841, Max 9:12
What days of January are the Full Moon and New Moon?
What days of the month will the Spring Tides occur?
What days will the Neap Tides occur?
1/18 - Write down 3 things you learned or are reminded of from the rap.
Keywords
Keywords
Season (IS p. 430)
Solstice (IS p. 432)
Equinox
Lunar Phases (IS p. 438)
Eclipse (IS p. 441-442)
Tides (IS p. 444-447)
Tidal Range
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
Websites
Websites
Reason for the Seasons
Reason for the Seasons
Earth and Sun - esminfo.prenhall.com - Animation showing the reason for the seasons.
Observing Seasonal Changes - classzone.com - Images taken each day from a satellite showing seasonal change throughout the year.
Time-lapse Season Demonstrator - astro.unl.edu - Middle of the day over a full year at UNL campus.
Length of Planet Earth's Days and Nights - science.sbcc.edu - Length of day for northern hemisphere.
Daylight Simulator - astro.unl.edu - Global daylight simulator.
Seasons and Ecliptic Simulator - astro.unl.edu - Simulation shows details of seasons on Earth.
Seasons - highered.mcgraw-hill.com - Animation showing how the tilt of the axis of a planet affects the intensity of each season.
Moon
Moon
Impact Theory of Moon Formation - classzone.com - Simulation show one of the lead theory for the formation of the moon.
Determining Moon Phases using Bisectors - astro.unl.edu - Phases of the moon basics.
Lunar Phase Simulator - astro.unl.edu - Interactive phases of the moon animation.
Mythbusters | Moon Landing Hoax - dailymotion.com
Eclipses
Eclipses
Observe Solar Eclipses - classzone.com - Shows three types of solar eclipse.
Solar Eclipses: Past and Future - eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov - NASA information on recent solar eclipses.
Tides
Tides
Lunar and Solar Tides - SciencePrimer.com
Tides - explorelearning.com - Interactive tides simulation.
UNDERSTANDING SEA LEVEL - dataintheclassroom.noaa.gov - Sea level, tides and sea-level change.
Tide Predictions - weather.hmsc.oregonstate.edu - Tide Tables for the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center Dock in Yaquina Bay, Oregon
Tide charts along the Northern Coast of Oregon - usharbors.com
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