Curated OER
Salt Water Revival
Students produce a high tide. In this Marine Biology lesson plan, students visit a tide pool to investigate the creatures response to changes in the tide. Students discuss the results of their experimentation.
Curated OER
Timing the Tides
Students collect data and describe how and why the high and low tides change from day to day. In exploring tides activity students study tides by taking notes, recording data and analyzing their findings.
Curated OER
Spring Tides
In this tides learning exercise, students read about spring tides. Then students use a source of tide information to determine the high and low tides for the day and the phase of the moon. Students draw an illustration of the alignment...
US Navy
Habitats: Beaches Characteristics
This resource presents an overview of beach structure. This article briefly covers beach features such as spits, tombolos and barrier islands.
Other
Moon Tides: How the Moon Affects Ocean Tides
Discusses the different kinds of tides, high and low tides, lunar tide facts, questions people have asked about tides, and causes of tides.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Tides
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reveals tidal patterns and that tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon to Earth.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: The Tides [Pdf]
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 3) focuses on the tides. It explains the pull on the earth by the sun and moon and how the tides go in and out.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Ocean Unit Introduction
This lesson will introduce young students to oceans by looking at the animals, plants and water temperatures for different oceans.