The Tides

An animation, with accompanying support material, showing how the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and the relative alignments with the Sun causes the tides, and the extent of these tides.

I have many others of the same format; these can be seen by visiting my shop on the TES website (search: rtyler62).

If you buy this resource, please print the Readme document as it contains the instructions and details of the files included.

NOTE: MACROS MUST BE ENABLED FOR ALL POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Support material
Readme (instructions for whole lesson)
Learning outcomes (PowerPoint)
Starter activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)
Main activity (PowerPoint presentation)
Assessment (worksheets with answer sheets - differentiated)
Lesson notes (handout – 2 x A5 on A4 paper)
Plenary activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)

Users and timings
It is intended for all science teachers but particularly those who are not physics specialists and is, primarily, aimed at 14 to 16 year old pupils. Normally, the activities would fill a 45 to 60 minute lesson.

Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes are based on Bloom’s taxonomy of hierarchical classification: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The lesson title and learning outcomes are:

What causes the sea level to rise and fall?

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge
To recognise the different extremes in the tidal range.

Comprehension
To explain how the influence of the Sun’s and the Moon’s gravitational fields on the Earth’s oceans affects the tidal range, at different times throughout the lunar month.

Differentiation
The activities have varying degrees of differentiation; please refer to the Readme document.