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TIDES:  Links for Educators*
    *and others with insatiable curiosity
BASIC EXPLANATIONS OF TIDES
* A site from NOAA , and a site with very clear graphics and explanations.

* Video clips and excellent explanations on the NOVA site.

* Galileo had ideas about tides--and he was wrong!  What was Galileo thinking?

* "Bad Astronomy" tide site

DATA
* Pre-packaged data sets for the activity described on this website
    Apalachicola, FL
    Crescent City, CA
    Kawaihae, Hawaii Island, HI
    Rockport, FL

More data!
* Real-time ocean levels
* Historical ocean levels
* Make predictions for hundreds of locations around the world.  Later, check this site to see how close you were!
 

ANIMATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
* Animation showing spring and neap tides
* The Bay of Fundy tides: biggest in the world!
* Great photos of tide-predicting machines
* Interactive animation of moon phases
* A well-illustrated explanation of the moon's phases
* Video clips and excellent explanations on the NOVA site.
OTHER NEAT SITES
A fun "space mission" to help students learn  about tides and moon phases
* Tidal energy!  How do tidal power plants work?
* Challenge yourself to calculate tide height for a specific condition.  (You'll need a calculator with trig functions!)
* Harmonic analysis of tides
* "Tides Online" from NOAA

Tides Main Page

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