Tuesday 3 April 2012

Shaking Our World Project

                                                    Shaking Our World Project
Asthenosphere Layer
-Song-


Lithosphere Layers
-3 Mini Posters-
-Volcano-
Activities: Foldables
Topics: Lava, Magma, Shield Cone, Composite and Hot Spots.

   Volcanoes are formed in Plate Boundaries where Subduction occurs. As a result causing magma from the mantle to go into the earth's surface. Most of the volcanoes are formed by Hot Spot. Meaning that the magma reaches the surface of the earth, forming volcanoes in a chain like Hawaii. Unlike, gases, ash and lava that comes out of the volcano. There are four types of land forms found in a volcano. The Shield, Cinder Cone, Composite and the Hot Spot. The Shield is when volcanic cones are made up of solid lava. The Cinder Cone are made of rocks, dust and ashes. The Composite is when the volcanic that is made up of layers of lava and rocks. The Hot Spot is where magma reaches the surface of the Plate Tectonic. Magma is known as melted rocks found inside of earth and Lava is melted magma outside the earth's surface.
-Earth Interior-
Activities: Foldables 
Topics: Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Crust, Oceanic and continental crust, Mantle Asthenosphere, Density, Inner Core, Outer Core.
     
      The Earth's Interior is made up of four layers. The Crust, Mantle, Inner Core and the Outer Core. There are two types of crusts, the oceanic and continental crust. The Oceanic Crust is 5-10 thickness range km and the Continental Crust is 32-70 thickness range km. Rocks that are found under the ocean are called Oceanic Crust.  The Continental Crust is the thick part of the Earth's Crust, which makes the large landmasses on earth. The temperature in the earth's core is hotter than the sun's surface. As a result this causes heat from the Inner Core to move materials around the Outer Core and the Mantle. There are 3 types of sphere on earth. The Lithosphere, Atmosphere and the Hydrogen. The Lithosphere is the earth's layer that is made of the crust and part of the upper mantle, mostly the solid part of the earth. The Hydrosphere is all the water that is on earth. The Atmosphere is the earth's air. They all interact with each other through the water cycle. The water cycle shows the method of transport for water in the Hydrosphere. This makes the water go under the earth's surface and in the rocks( Lithosphere).
-Faults-
Activities: Foldables
Topics: Normal Faults, Reverse/Thrust and Strike- Slip Faults.
  
   There are three types of faults. The Normal Fault, the Reverse/ Thrust and the Strike- Slip Faults. The Normal Fault is when the rocks move down. The Reverse/ Thrust Fault is when  the rocks move slid past each other. The Strike- Slip Fault is when the rocks slide past each other.
Mantle Layer
- Evidence Paper-





-CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION- Answer the following question in 2-3 paragraphs. You must cite at least 3 pieces of evidence to support your answer. 
Do you agree with the theory of the Plate Tectonics? Why or why not?
    
         Scientists demonstrates the "Theory of the Plate Tectonic as the theory that earth's outer layers is made up plates. The Plate Tectonic develop during the first decades of the 20th century. The theory was develop based on the Continental Drift. According to Wegener, the scientist who said all the continents were once connected to each other until they were broken into landmasses that broke them apart for 200 million years ago. Because the Plate Tectonic is made up of Oceanic Lithosphere it shows all the movement that occurs in the Plate Tectonic. 
      I agree with this theory. Because as scientists say the Plate Tectonic is the earth outer shell and because the plates are function-able to move the earth's lithosphere, it has a higher and lower density than the atmosphere. Meaning, the made of plastic rocks are found below the Earth's Lithosphere. 


-REFLECTION-
1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
What I enjoyed most about this project was that I got to be creative using my skills. To learn new facts, learn from the other peers work and for them to learn something from me too.
2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging work for me during this project was writing the song and singing with Houssai. Because I was really ecstatic to do the song. But when it came to recording the voices and just making sure the music made sense with the lyrics it was very challenging. Overall we worked hard together and it turned out to be a song I really enjoyed and work hard on.
3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
I learned many things I didn't know before. For example I never knew that volcano were formed in Plate Boundaries were Subduction occurs. And I'm very thankful that Ms.Kara gave us the chance to explore and seek deep down the Earth Science world.
4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
 What I would have done differently to change any of my work is that I had been more prepared to get most of my work tested by Ms.Kara and I didn't have to loose any points but to gain more and get a good grade for this final project which I hope I worked hard enough.