Oceans of Commotion

Subject: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies

Learner Outcomes: Students will:

1. Compare and Contrast waves, tides, and currents
2. Identify what causes tides to rise and fall

Materials: warm water, clock, clear medium sized bowl, colored ice cube

Technology Tools / Coursework: Internet, Encyclopedia CD Rom,

Teacher Notes:

• Make sure that you have Acceptable Use Policies signed for using the internet, and that you have made notes as to who is not allowed to use it in the case of a substitute has to teach a lesson.
• Make colored ice cube with colored food coloring
• Students are not to put ice cubes into their mouths

Procedures: Day 1

1. Inform students that they will be doing a hands on activity dealing with movement below the waters surface (current) taken from Harcourt Science.

Procedures: Day 2

1. Introduce the lesson by reading the poem The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2. Students will use dictionaries to define wave, tide, surface current, and deep ocean current.
3. Students will use the internet to find the differences between  a wave and a tide.
4. Students will use the internet to find the differences between surface current and deep ocean current.
5. Students will label the parts of a wave.
6. Students will create a acrostic poem about tides. (in MS Word Format) (In PDF Format which requires Acrobat Reader)
7. Provide various books dealing with the tides and the moon's gravitational pull.
8. Students will use the information they gathered to make a presentation for the class,
9. e.g.. (PowerPoint, oral reports, visual aids,)

1. Pair students with physical limitations with others that can assist them.
2. Provide students with a diagram of a wave. Model how it is labeled, then provide a blank diagram for them to model.
3. Be sure to follow modifications on students IEPs and 504 plans.

• Students will research the trade route that existed in colonial times.  Then on a blank world map students will label the route.

Evaluation:

• Evaluation will be based on notes taken from sources, correctly labeled diagram of a wave, explanation of moon's involvement with tides, students presentations to the class
• Rubric

• Science 4.50, 4.51
• Language Arts 3.10,  4.13, 4.49, 5.27, 5.52
• Social Studies 3.29,  3.45, 3.46,  4.36, 4.43, 5.29, 5.32

Job/Career Clusters: Science and Natural Resources

References: Harcourt Science
 
 

Overview	Lesson 1	Lesson 2	Lesson 3	Lesson 4	Lesson 5	Lesson 6
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Authors: Tila Boyce Chris Hull Jacque Strawder