Study Hall—Work on

homeworkSit in your assigned seat.

Warm Up: Bay of Fundy Time Lapse Video

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0cpXpw8yk

OWatch the video and answer the following questions:

ODo you think people who live here think about the tides each day? Give an example if you can

WorksheetOTake out your seasons worksheet from yesterday and lay it on your desk

OI will be coming around during warm up to give you credit for completing it

Volunteers for Warm UpOWe will learn that tides are

caused by the gravitational pull of both the moon and sun

OSome people who depend on the oceans are concerned with the tidesOTourism (whale tours)OFisheriesOTransportation (ferry boats)

Bay of Fundy Time Lapse Video

OWatch the video againOThis video covers 12 hours (it is

just sped up really fast)

OHow many high tides and low tides do you think the Bay of Fundy experiences in 1 day (24 hours)

Where is the Bay of Fundy?

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfhNjpu_IU4

ANNOUNCEMENTSOToday, Tuesday Feb 18 – TidesOWednesday Feb 19– EclipsesOThursday Feb 20 – Quiz

(Earth, Sun, Tides, Seasons, Eclipses); then start next unit 6.E.1.2

Video

ODiscovery Ed: The Moon and Tides (stop at 3:00 minute mark)

OAdd entry for Feb. 17O http://www.moonconnection.com/mo

on_phases_calendar.phtml

Website: Moon Journal Entry

SEASONS WORKSHEET

OGet out your homeworkOWe will review the questions

togetherOFollow along as I project the

worksheet onto the whiteboard

OWhat did you notice about the different hemispheres?

New entry in Notebook: Tides

Today we will be learning about the tides and why they happen.

WRITE IN NOTEBOOK

TIDES: The movement of oceans and seas due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun Tides are due to gravity!This ocean water movement creates = high tides (rise of water) and low tides (fall of water)

WRITE IN NOTEBOOK

OCoastlines = 2 high tides and 2 low tides each day (24 hours)

OTides are predictable (we know when they will happen)

OTide Tables = list 2 high tides and 2 low tides for coastal regions each day

Tides tables for North Carolina

O http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/ncarolinasites.html

O http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/scarolinasites.html

Spring TidesO Spring Tides = extra high and very low

tides O formed when the earth, sun and moon

line up in a straight line O Straight line, think S = SPRING TIDESO happens every two weeks during a new

moon or full moon.

Interactive Video for Spring Tides

O http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/tides/neap_sp.html

Neap TidesO Neap Tides= high and low tides with very

little change O formed when the earth, sun and moon form

a right angle (like a L shape)O Think “L” - ”M” - ”N” in the alphabetO L (Lowest) M (means) N (neap tides) O Neap tides happen during a quarter or three-

quarter moon

Interactive Video for Neap Tides

O http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/tides/neap_sp.html

Let’s DrawO SPRING TIDES

O STRAIGHT LINE MEANS SPRING TIDESO NEAP TIDES

O LMN LOWEST MEANS NEAP TIDES

Tides Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYf_it461s

Watching the TidesO http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/

science-on-the-spot-watching-the-tides/

WorksheetOPaired Reading: we have done

this type of activity before - you and your table partner have 2 versions of the same paragraph

OWork with your table partner to fill in the missing words from one another’s paragraphs

OWhen done with the reading, do the other side (labeling and coloring)