: Tai Timu Tai Pari — Moving Water
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Approach:  One to one   
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Focus: Tides   
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer  
He whakatau kupu: tai timu = low tide, tai pari = high tide
  

Questions/instructions:

He mahi rorohiko tënei.

Ka mätakitaki täua i tëtahi whiti ataata e whakaari ana i te timu me te pari o te tai. Ka whakaaturia te tai timu i te tuatahi, kätahi ka kitea te tai pari i taua wähi anö.

Päwhiria te pätene Tai Timu Tai Pari, ka timata te whiti ataata.
   This activity uses the computer.

In this activity we’re going to look at a video showing low tide and high tide.The first part shows low tide. The second part shows the same place later in the day at high tide.

Click the Moving Water button and the video will start.


[No voiceover; sound of waves only]

 
% responses
CLICK HERE for diagram that accompanied marking guide.  
1. Every day the tide goes in and out.
What do you think causes the tide to go in and out?
full explanation

0
mentions moon and gravitational forces

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mentions moon

9
2. If low tide is at 6 o’clock in the morning, about what time will it be low tide again?
[about 12 hours 25 minutes later]
6:30pm

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6:00pm

14
3. Why do you think the tide is out twice most days?
mentions idea of two bulges and two shallows (see marking guide)

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Total score:
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80
Commentary:
Very few students showed understanding of tides.
 
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