Diagram of Moon's Gravitational Pull & Earth's Centrifugal Force
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Code Number: 8A20.80

Demo Title: Tides - Moon or Spacecraft

Area of Study: Astronomy

Procedure:

Many Bay of Fundy videos are available on YouTube.  Chose the one most appropriate for you lecture.

References:

  • Marvin L. De Jong, "Using Tide Data in Introductory Classes", TPT, Vol. 44, #8, Nov. 2006, p. 504.
  • Paul Hewitt, "Figuring Physics", TPT, Vol. 44, #4, April 2006, p. 243.
  • Jonathan Mitschele, "Another Important Component of Tides", TPT, Vol. 38, #1, Jan. 2000, p. 4.
  • Donald W. Olson, Thomas E. Lytle, "High Tides?", TPT, Vol. 38, #9, Dec. 1999, p. 517.
  • Mikolaj Sawicki, "Myths About Gravity and Tides", TPT, Vol. 37, #7, Oct. 1999, p. 438.
  • John d. McGervey, "Hands-On Physics for Less Than a Dollar Per Hand", TPT, Vol. 33, #4, April 1995, p. 238.
  • Mitchell M. Withers, "Why Do Tides Exist?", TPT, Vol. 31, #7, Oct. 1993, p. 394.
  • Laurent Hodges, "Tides, Eclipses, and the Densities of the Sun and the Moon", TPT, Vol. 25, #7, Oct. 1987, p. 427.
  • Neil M. Shea, "Estimating the Power in the Tides", TPT, Vol. 25, #7, Oct. 1987, p. 426.
  • Judah Levine, "The Earth Tides", TPT, Vol. 20, #9, Dec. 1982, p. 588.
  • "A 3.6 Billion Physics Problem", TPT, Vol. 17, #3, March 1979, p. 173.
  • Fred M. Loxsom, "Explaining Tides", TPT, Vol. 15, #5, May 1977, p. 304.
  • Ugo Besson, "Tidal Effects in a Spacecraft", AJP, Vol. 89, #10, Oct. 2021, p. 909.
  • Robert de Levie, "Tidal Analysis On a Spreadsheet", AJP, Vol. 72, #5, May 2004, p. 644.
  • Eugene I. Butikov, "A Dynamical Picture of the Oceanic Tides", AJP, Vol. 70, #10, Oct. 2002, p. 1001.
  • R. H. Good, "Tides and Densities", AJP, Vol. 68, #4, April 2000, p. 387.
  • Gary White, Tony Mondragon, David Slaughter, Dorothy Coates, "Modelling Tidal Effects", AJP, Vol. 61, #4, Apr. 1993, p. 367.
  • Edgar Horsfield, "Cause of Earth Tides", AJP, Vol. 44, #8, Aug. 1976, p. 793.
  • P. Seligmann, M. Steinberg, "Simple Hydrodynamic Treatment of Ocean Tides", AJP, Vol. 43, #12, Dec. 1975, p. 1106.
  • Emanuel Tsantes, "Note on the Tides", AJP, Vol. 42, #4, April 1974, p. 330.
  • Harold L. Stolov, "The Semidiurnal Tidal Oscillation of the Earth's Atmosphere", AJP, Vol. 19, #7, Oct. 1951, p. 403.
  • Bruce Parker, "Parker Replies", Physics Today, Vol. 65, #1, Jan. 2012, p. 8.
  • Peter Zimmerman, "I'll Bite", Physics Today, Vol. 65, #1, Jan. 2012, p. 8.
  • Donald W. Olson, Russell L. Doescher, "Tides, Moonlight, Machines, and D-Day", Physics Today, Vol. 65, #1, Jan. 2012, p. 8.
  • Bruce Parker, "The Tide Predictions For D-Day", Physics Today, Vol. 64, #9, Sept. 2011, p. 35.
  • Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the staff of the Exploratorium, "Ask Professor Exploratorium", Exploratopia, p. 184.
  • Jearl Walker, "2.32, Tidal Bores", The Flying Circus of Physics, p. 95.
  • Jearl Walker, "2.33, Tides", The Flying Circus of Physics, p. 95.
  • Jearl Walker, "2.34, Tides in the Bay of Fundy", The Flying Circus of Physics, p. 96.
  • Andrew Grant, "Disputed Dark-Matter Result gets put to the Test", Physics Today, July 2016, p. 28.
  • Janice VanCleave, "101 - Tides", Earth Science for Every Kid, p. 220.
  • Janice VanCleave, "100 - Slosh!", Earth Science for Every Kid, p. 218.
  • Julius Sumner Miller, Q37 & A37, Millergrams I – Some Enchanting Questions for Enquiring Minds, p. 33 & 89.
  • Sarah Derouin, "Tidal Floods Are Coming to More U.S. Cities, Thanks, to the Moon's Wobble", Popular Mechanics, November/December 2021, p. 28.
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