Reasons for the Seasons and Tides
Post date: Jan 7, 2019 11:43:27 PM
Big Question: What causes the yearly cycle of seasons, the monthly cycle of moon phases, and the daily cycle of the ocean tides?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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