Lesson: Tides

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Warm Ups, etc:

Lecture Notes: #content

Objectives and Vocabulary: #content

Calculate the tidal range and explain the daily and monthly tidal patterns in relation to the phases of the moon.
Relate global patterns of tide to factors of geography, both in relation to latitude and to topographic influences.
What features make a "tidal bore" unique?

Tide

High Tide

Low Tide

Tidal Range

Spring Tide

Full Moon/New Moon

Neap Tide

First/Last Quarter Moon

Tidal Bore

Activities, Assignments, Etc.

Reading: Sea Around Us

*Tide Reading: Side A (top right p29 “knobbed crab” down to p30 inside box)

Do the largest tidal ranges coincide with new/full moon?
From where does the term “Spring Tide” arise?
From where does the term “Neap Tide” arise?
How does tidal range differ from the Florida Keys to the Atlantic coast?
Given the 30 mile distance, how are Nantucket Tides different from those along Cape Cod Bay?

Side B (p150-top two lines on 152)

What is the “Maelstrom?”
What is the real name of the Maelstrom and between what two islands does it form?
What did fishermen do to avoid getting sucked in.
What conditions are needed to form a tidal bore?
What is the greatest length a tidal bore travels (and where)?
What is the greatest height of a tidal bore (and where)?

WS - Tide Graphing - graph tidal range over partial lunar cycle, graph daily tide change over four days, answer questions

Activity - Tide Spinner - cut out and assemble model that illustrates the relationship between tides and lunar/solar position.