Tidal Cycle Lab

Description

Tidal Cycle Lab Preview

SNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students’ understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.

SNAPs lab activities have five components:
• Science Skills Station to develop science skill proficiency
• Narrative Station to build science literacy
• Assessment Station to evaluate learning and understanding
• Problem-Solving Station to foster engineering design
• Synthesis Station and Project to inspire higher-order learning

DIGITAL LABORATORY – DISTANCE LEARNING & DIGITAL CLASSROOMS
• This lab is offered in a digital format to support digital classrooms & distance learning.
• The digital lab activity is designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
• The digital lab activity CANNOT be edited. However:
– Students can manipulate text boxes
– Students can create tables, graphs and diagrams
– Students can insert images and drawings

GOOGLE FORM ASSESSMENT STATION
• The assessment station is offered as a self-grading Google Form.
• Questions are all short answer and are 100% editable.
• Suggestions for use are included in the download.

DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBILITY
SNAPs lab activities are rated for their ease with distance – independent learning. Refer to the preview for more information about how well this laboratory works in a fully digital classroom and with distance learning.

EDITABLE DOCUMENTS
This download includes an editable word document (docx file) of all lab components:
• Pre-Lab and Post-Lab Activities
• The Lab Overview
• Lab Station Activities and Questions
• Directed Synthesis Project (when applicable)

Important Notes:
• Diagrams, illustrations, tables and graphs essential to lab activities are included
• Illustrative clipart is NOT included
• Editable documents and rubrics are included with the FREE SNAPs Setup Guide

Editable files allow you to:
• Edit the scope of the activities so to suit your students’ needs
• Edit the materials required based on resource availability
• Create single-period “mini-labs” using activities at the individual skills stations

The activities at each station in this lab are detailed below.

Tidal Cycle Lab Stations Activity Learning Objectives
1. Analyze and interpret data so to describe the length of a tidal cycle.
2. Analyze and interpret data so to relate the tidal range during spring and neap tides to the principal lunar cycle phases.
3. Compare and contrast water levels at a coast during high and low tides.
4. Compare the relative position of the sun and moon during spring and neap tides.
5. Evaluate tidal power and compare its benefits and costs to nonrenewable energy and alternative energy.
6. Form an argument as to whether or not investments should be made to construct large-scale tidal power plants as sources of renewable energy.

Science Skills Station
Students will graph data and conduct short research so to understand the tidal cycle better. They will interpret and analyze data to understand the length of one tidal cycle and how the water moves relative to a coast during a high and low tide. Students will also study data so to relate the timing of spring and neap tides to principal lunar phases.

Narrative Station
Students will read a passage about the tidal cycle and spring and neap tides. Students will watch a video about the tidal cycle and the relative position of the sun, Earth and moon during low, high, spring and neap tides.

Assessment Station
At this station, students will answer questions about key terms and ideas relating to the tidal cycle. Students must employ lower, mid and higher order thinking skills to answer these questions.

Problem-Solving Station
Students will study tidal power at this station. They will learn how energy from the natural rise and fall of tides can be harnessed and transformed into electricity. They will evaluate this form of alternative energy with other forms of alternative energy, including solar, wind and hydropower energy.

Synthesis Station
Students will compose a CER (claim-evidence-reasoning) report to summarize the lab. Students are provided the claim statement and must support the claim with observations, data and other information gathered in the lab. Students will explain how the evidence supports the claim using scientific reasoning.

Synthesis Project
Students will have a choice of 11 projects. Refer to the SNAPs Lab Stations Best Practices and Setup Guide for directions and suggestions on how to conduct the project.

This download includes:
• A pre-lab assignment and post-lab reflection
• Directions and questions for each lab station
• Student recording sheets
• Teacher Key

Additional Materials Required:
3 Computers or tablets
Colored pencils

LINKS TO VIDEOS
This laboratory requires internet to access videos. Videos are hosted on SafeShare.TV so to safely watch and share educational YouTube videos without ads, comments and other distractions. Shortened and full link(s) to SafeShare.TV included. Full link to original YouTube video(s) included.

TERMS OF USE
• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.
• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.
• Intended for classroom and personal use only.
• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.
• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.
• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).