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Included Resources:
- Tides Reading & Questions*: Students read about how both the daily and the monthly tide cycle work. Then, they complete a corresponding worksheet with vocabulary and text-dependent questions. Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign.
- Spring & Neap Tides Teacher Demo: Use simple supplies to make a model of spring and neap tides.
- Making Connections Activity: Students add tides and moon phases to a calendar to make connections between tides and the moon.
- Tides CER & Data Analysis Stations*: Students read a brief passage with background information about the station’s topic. Next, they’ll analyze a simple data table, graph, or diagram related to tides. Finally, they’ll make a claim based on evidence from the station card. There’s 16 total CERs! Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign.
- Graphing Tides Activity: Students graph monthly and daily tides from a tide chart and make connections to the moon phases associated with spring and neap tides. This challenging activity helps them to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between the moon and tides while they practice graphing skills.
*Save paper and time at the copier! The starred resources include both print and digital Google Slides options to assign.
Topics Covered:
- How tides occur (gravity)
- How daily tides occur (rotation of Earth)
- Why spring and neap tides occur (revolution of the moon and influence of the Sun)
Teacher Notes:
- Check out the discount on our Moon & Tides Unit going on right now!
- Includes all answer keys.
- Please note that these tides activities are not editable.
- NGSS Content Standards: NGSS ESS1-1
