Wednesday January 9th 2013
Land and Biomes: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Natural Disasters
Welcome to Nature Stars!
If you are reading this, then you are probably in one of my after school programs. I want this webpage to be a resource for you as we go through Session 3 this year. I am going to post general outlines and any additional notes or technology materials here so that you can access it at any time.
Inquiry
What are plate tectonics?
What different types are there?
How is plate tectonics linked to mountain, and island formation?
10 minute activity:
Let's work through the middle school flip books and fill in the Plate Tectonics Sheet.
Then try to answer the questions associated with Plate Tectonics
Inquiry:
What is a scientific definition for an earthquake?
What is the center of an earthquake called?
How is intensity of an earthquake measured? Is there a scale? If so, then what's its name?
10 minute activity:
Let's work through the middle school flip books and fill in the Earthquake page.
Please answer the questions on the following page for Earthquakes.
Click on the link below and pick one of the 10 famous vulcanologists' to research.
http://weather.about.com/od/weatherinstruments/ss/meteorologists.htm
Questions:
When did they live? What country were they from?
What makes them famous?
Please record your answers in your Nature Journal from last week.
Put TODAY'S DATE, TIME, and WEATHER at the top every time.
