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 * Date || Coefficient ||
 * 03/01/17 || 97 ||
 * 03/02/17 || 88 ||
 * 03/03/17 || 76 ||
 * 03/04/17 || 63 ||
 * 03/05/17 || 53 ||
 * 03/06/17 || 49 ||
 * 03/07/17 || 55 ||
 * 03/08/17 || 65 ||
 * 03/09/17 || 77 ||
 * 03/10/17 || 86 ||
 * 03/11/17 || 93 ||
 * 03/12/17 || 96 ||
 * 03/13/17 || 95 ||
 * 03/14/17 || 90 ||
 * 03/15/17 || 84 ||
 * 03/16/17 || 74 ||
 * 03/17/17 || 64 ||
 * 03/18/17 || 52 ||
 * 03/19/17 || 42 ||
 * 03/20/17 || 34 ||
 * 03/21/17 || 35 ||
 * 03/22/17 || 41 ||
 * 03/23/17 || 53 ||
 * 03/24/17 || 67 ||
 * 03/25/17 || 81 ||
 * 03/26/17 || 94 ||
 * 03/27/17 || 104 ||
 * 03/28/17 || 108 ||
 * 03/29/17 || 108 ||
 * 03/30/17 || 102 ||
 * 03/31/17 || 91 ||



> Using the positions of the moon relative to a location on earth, explain why the tides alternate from low to high during a 24 hour period and why there are usually 2 high tides alternating with low tides each day.
 * View the top diagram above. Compare the relative positions of the earth, moon and sun to explain the differences between new moon, half moon and full moon phases.
 * View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. Tide Chart for Gandy Bridge
 * Use the data from Gandy Bridge TidesTampa Bay Tides to **create a spreadsheet in Open Office** with the coefficient of the tides for the days in the month of October, 2015. Then **create a line graph of the data**. Indicate that the first row and first columns are labels. Be sure to label the X and Y axis, and to provide a title. Be sure to include units. //(Note:// On the Tide Tables there are tidal coefficients which tell us the amplitude of the tide forecast //(difference in height between the consecutive high tides and low tides in any given area). The highest possible tidal coefficient is 118, corresponding to the greatest high or low tide there can be, excluding meteorological effects. Tidal coefficients are calculated from the following parameters or from the sun and the moon: straight ascension, declination, parallax and the distance between the Earth and the celestial body.)//
 * //Save the Tide Height spreadsheet as 8 last name initial tide. Save it as an html document. Saving it as an html will convert the chart to a jpeg. **Copy the spreadsheet data and paste it on your TideMoon page. Then Upload the jpeg of the chart to your page.**//
 * View the Moon Phases October 2015 on the same Gandy Bridge Tides . Find the moon phases for the high coefficients and low coefficients on the graph. Provide an explanation for the pattern of high coefficient of tides alternating with the low coefficient of tides during the month based on the relative position of the earth, moon and sun.
 * 1) The Moon does not produce any light of its own, it only reflects light from the Sun. As the Moon moves around the Earth, we see different parts of the near side of the Moon from the Sun. This causes the changes in the shape of the Moon that we notice on a regular basis, called the phases of the Moon. As the Moon revolves around Earth, the well-lighted portion of the near side of the Moon will change from fully lit to completely dark and back again. A full moon is the lunar phase which is seen when the whole of the Moon's lit side is facing Earth. This phase happens when Earth is between the Moon and the Sun. About one week later, the Moon enters the quarter-moon phase. At this point, the Moon appears as a half-circle, since only half of the Moon's lit surface is visible from Earth. When the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun, the side facing Earth is completely dark. This is called the new moon phase, and we do not usually see the Moon at this point. Sometimes you can just barely make out the outline of the new moon in the sky. This is because some sunlight reflects off the Earth and hits the moon
 * 2) Tides  are the regular rising and falling of Earth's surface water in response to gravitational attraction from the Moon and Sun. the Moon's gravity is pulling upwards on Earth's water, producing a high tide. On the other side of the Earth, there is another high tide area, where the Moon's pull is weakest. As the Earth rotates on its axis, the areas directly in line with the Moon will experience high tides. Each place on Earth experiences changes in the height of the water throughout the day as it changes from high tide to low tide. There are two high tides and two low tides each tidal day
 * 3)  When it’s a waxing Crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous or full moon the coefficient is the highest because the fish usually come out when its high tide and when it’s a full moon that is what attracts fish. Yet the moon pulls toward the earth. Like for instance if I had a big magnet that weighed 1.3 kilograms and if I put a really strong magnet what if I put a really strong magnet over the big magnet. The strong magnet will reduce the weight of the 1.3 magnet. Closer and closer I put the strong magnet closer to the big magnet it will pull it off the scale. This is what the moon is doing its pulling all the oceans upwards off the earth. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the oceans to rise and sink based on the time of day.