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| Type of Product: | SciGuide |
| Average Rating: | 
based on 3 reviews |
| Publication Date: | 3/4/2011 |
| Grade Level: | High School |
Description
SciGuides are a collection of thematically aligned lesson plans, simulations, and web-based resources for teachers to use with their students centered on standards-aligned science concepts.
This guide explores the physics of tides and currents, the applications of tides and currents knowledge to real-world situations, and information about the effects of tides and currents on climate, environment, and society. Using this guide, teachers of high school students will focus on using real-time tides and currents data. They will also explore salinity and tides, the effects of oil spills, and how climate change is related to tides and currents. The sites in this guide can be used to learn about tides and currents through text and multimedia simulations. Teachers can read about scientists' work and develop inquiry activities that encourage students to explore tides and currents.
Ideas For Use
A Science Guide is a valuable classroom resource for science teachers interested in integrating the web into their teaching. Each guide consists of approximately 100 web-accessible resources (URLs) that have been aligned to the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and vetted across eight educational rubrics, such as Inquiry, Interactivity, Communication/ Collaboration, How Scientists Learn, etc. These URL resources have been assembled in a thematic drill-down structure with linked lesson plans, vignettes, samples of student work and MP3 files that demonstrate how the Guide’s URLs can be utilized in a classroom. Ultimately, a Science Guide is a resource that saves educators time by providing exemplary web resources that have been pre-evaluated and aligned to the National Science Education Standards.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Tides
Oceans
Phases of the moon
Conservation
Environmental change
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| Intended User Role: | High-School Educator, Learner, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Achievement, Assessment of students, Careers, Curriculum, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Integrating technology, Professional development, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Technical
| Resource Format: | application/msword, application/pdf, audio/mp3, text/html |
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National Standards Correlation
This resource has 7 correlations with the National Standards.
[HIDE CORRELATIONS]
- Earth Science
- Changes in earth and sky
- The observable shape of the moon changes from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month.
- Structure of the earth system
- Water, which covers the majority of the earth's surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the "water cycle." (5-8)
- Water evaporates from the earth's surface, rises and cools as it moves to higher elevations, condenses as rain or snow, and falls to the surface where it collects in lakes, oceans, soil, and in rocks underground. (5-8)
- Oceans have a major effect on climate, because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat. (5-8)
- Science as Inquiry
- Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations. (K-4)
- Technology used to gather data enhances accuracy and allows scientists to analyze and quantify results of investigations. (5-8)
Customer Reviews
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SciGuide Review – Tides and Currents |
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Reviewed by: Erik Belcher on April 7, 2012 |
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The key points of Tides and Currents that made an impression on me were the clarity of the explanations of the physics behind tides and currents, the wealth or resources that are made available for learning or teaching, and the real-world applications of the science. What causes tides and why they vary from place to place was explained in a way that was clear and easy to understand. Links to other resources were made available for additional information. The resources provided through links of other web sites are amazing. However, if time is limited you can get a very good understanding of tides and currents without exploring all the resources and only reading the main pages. All the topics had an applications link that provided information on real-world us of the knowledge.
I see many uses in my teaching practice. As a high school mathematics teacher of special education I can use topics from the physics of tides and currents to develop lesson plans to apply the math standards the students are learning in my classes. Additionally, I can use the information to teach students about ocean safety issues involving tides and currents.
To improve the SciGuide – Tides and Currents I would like to see lesson plans that are written for a wider range of ages. All the lesson plans were written for high school students. It would improve the site to have some lesson plans available to elementary and middle school students. Another suggestion I have is that the links to other resources be prioritized. Although I liked have all the resources available, it would save time to have a system that let you know what resources where more important than others.
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Fun with Currents |
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Reviewed by: angelo laskowsky on February 4, 2012 |
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This SciGuide is broken down into 3 themes: Tides, Currents, Applications, Effects and Influences.
I especially like the lesson on Climate Change in the Effects and Influences section. It's written for grades 9-12, but can easily be scaled for a middle school classroom. The students go through several websites and put together a presentation on the possibility of a collapse in the THC. For a middle school, I'd give a guide sheet or graphic organizer for them along with a planning sheet for their presentation.
The lesson on Currents i also really enjoyed. It gives the students the chance to NOAA sources. For middle schoolers, I'd create a graphic organizer or worksheet to guide the learning. |
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A lot of resources |
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Reviewed by: Helen Hicks on October 9, 2011 |
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There are different themes to the right of the scigudie page that get more information when you click on the themes of tides, currents, application, effects and influences. Each different theme takes you to a list of websites that can help you better understand that topic and on most of the websites there are lesson plans, worksheets and even video clips you can watch or show that students as an introduction of the lesson.You can relate this to the lesson about ocean waves because tides are very long period waves that move through the ocean in response to the forces exerted by the moon and the sun. But these are wave that are not made by wind or earthquakes. The tides originate in the ocean and progress toward the coastlines where they appear as regular rise and fall of the sea surface. |
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