Geological+Disasters

We were given four diagrams of different types of plates, and we had to try and figure out how they worked.



Next, we made our own plates out of play-doh, and then moved them. We recorded our observations, then designed a one page summary of our findings and everything we know about the plates.



After that, we broke into two groups and researched Earthquakes and Volcanos.

The Volcano group made a poster on Glogster []

The Earthquake group made a website [|www.earthquakestis.weebly.com]

After that, each group had to turn their information into round 2 of our Science Dance Project! Here are the Links to Youtube: [|Volcano Dance] [|Earth Quake Dance]

Next, we made a world map of the most active volcanos in the world and noticed that most of them are near very large cities, or heavily populated areas. We researched why so many people live near volcanos, and what the advantages and disadvantages of living near a volcano is. Isha took all of our info and put it into a beautiful Google Presentation!
 * VOLCANOS AND HUMANS **



Next we had a Pompeii Debate! We were trying to decided if we should stay or relocate the town. Each of was given a different role with different motivations and we had to get into character, imagine what we would say and how we would say it. Before that, we had to write a letter to a friend in Rome to tell them about our side of the debate. Finally, we had the debate!



After that, [|we watched a very cool documentary about Mt. Vesuvius in Italy], near Naples. We then tried to invent a way for the people of Naples to leave safely in the event of a major explosion. It is not as easy task. We hope it never happens.

We looked at how an earthquake travels. For this, we wrote a speech to go with the following slide. We pretended we were scientists!
 * HUMANS AND EARTHQUAKES **

Next, we made a table about earthquake safety. We talked about Before, During and After an earthquake.

Next, we summarized some newspaper articles about Japan and how they responded to the March 11 disaster. Here are some of the articles: [] []

Then, we each researched a different type of Earthquake Engineering and made a poster.

Finally, we made a model of our Earthquake Engineering and tested it! Here are the Youtube videos: [|Tuned Mass Damper] [|Dry Stone Wall] [|Friction Pendulum] [|Elevation Control]

Yeah, Done!