Plate Tectonics

In our 10th grade Earth Science lab classes, the students have been focusing on the effects on our land from day to day, over the centuries, and predicting what is scheduled to take place in the future. We have observed the difference in time that it takes for dry sand to heat up, water, and damp sand. From this experiment, students have predicted areas in the United States that would have a larger temperature range through the course of a day. We have also observed the plates and countries of the world, realizing how they fit like a puzzle and have moved a part over time. Understanding how mountains were formed and how earthquakes were produced, became clearer through this study of Plate Tectonics. Another lab consisted of mapping volcanoes and where they are most likely to happen. More than half of the world’s active volcanoes occur in the Ring of Fire, encircling the Pacific Ocean.

Ms. Farrell

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Topics: 10 Tenth Grade
Date: Monday, April 19th, 2010 8:45 am