Why Tides?

Earth's Oceans vs. Moon vs. Sun

The animation above shows the relationship between Earth's oceans and the gravitational effects of the Sun and the moon

Lab Help: Drawing an Ellipse

Elliptical Orbits

YouTube:
Regents Earth Science Ellipse

Totally Elliptical lab similar to the one we did in class

Lesson Plan:
Draw an Elliptical Orbit

Lab Help: Moon Phase Links

Helpful links for phases of the moon

Lunar phase calendar

Phases of the Moon Video on YouTube

The Moon and Tides explained

The Universe: The Phases of the Moon (shown in class)

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Moon Phases and Baseball

Where is the moon tonight with an animations of the Partial eclipse of the Moon that will occur on June 26, 2010 as well as a where you'll need to be to view the next Total Eclipse of the Sun visible in the United States on August 21, 2017

Clickable Lunar Map

Moon Mosaic

Lots more moon info