Waves and Tides
Question of the Day: What is the difference between a wave and a tide?
Answer: A wave is caused by the wind blowing across the surface of the ocean. while a tide is the energy that flows through the ocean causing a circulation (rise and fall) of the ocean.
Learning objectives
Students will be able to understand the difference between waves and tides
Students will know how the moon phases affect the tide
Students will be able to experience how the mechanics of the ocean waves works first hand through our lab
Class lab that goes along with the slideshow
This lab experiments will give the children a fun and interactive perspective on how the low and high tides work when the moon transitions in between phases
Oreo moon phase project
As a reward for learning a very complex lesson, I plan to do this fun and tasty lab about moon phases with oreos! Who doesn't love cookies ?
My Trip to Griffith Observatory !
The solar system does in fact effect us
Inside the observatory, they have a room dedicated towards the movement of the moon and it's phases. Unfortunetly the vidoe I tok wan't vert good so I'm unable to show the class. However a school trip to the observatory would be a great way for everyone to experience it for themsleves!
This was one of the machines in the waves and tides room
This display was talking about the change of low and high tides throughout the year. And how the tides change due to the moons position around earth.
Moon phases !
As you may recall throughout the lesson, we spoke about the moon phases and how each phase affects our oceans tides and sea level. The moon is really Moon-jestic !