PLATE TECTONICS PROJECT

LITHOSPHERE LAYER:
VOLCANOES :  (mini- poster) Volcanoes are found everywhere but they are special;y located at Earth's Plate Boundaries.  There are different types of volcanoes. Such as Cinder cone, Stratovolcano, or Composite, and Shield Volcano.  Shield Volcano is a volcano totally different than the others because,  it is formed under the water. People might think that lava and magma are the same. But magma is the hot molten rock and lava is the hot liquid that comes out when the volcano already erupted.


FAULTS: (mini-poster)  Faults are large fractures in earth's crust.There are three types of faults. Normal, Reverse, and Strike. Normal Fault is when one rock move dow. Reverse Fault is when one rock move down. Lastly Strike Fault is when rocks slide past each other.


EARTH'S INTERIOR: (mini-poster) The main layers of Earth's Interior are crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. They are located inside and outside of the earth. There are two types of crust. Oceanic Crust, and Continental Crust. 


ASTHENOSPHERE LAYER:
Prediction Map:  Hot spot are the active volcanoes. They are located in certain islands such as Hawaii.
Convergent Boundary are two plate that coming toward each other in the continental crust and they create mountains. they also create trench in the oceanic crust.Divergent Boundary are when two plates move apart from each other, in the oceanic crust they create  ridges, and in the continental crust they create rift-valley. Transform Boundary  is the only boundary that causes Earthquakes.


Convection Currents Lab: Convection Currents is what move earth's tectonics plates based on the temperatures. In these experiment the hot water represents the outer core,  and the food coloring represents the magma, because outer core make the magma go up and that's what happen with the hot water and the coloring. Cold water makes the food coloring went down. This plates move as they are in top of the water, because they move very slowly as honey.

MANTLE LAYER:
THE RING OF FIRE


The Ring of Fire

CRITICAL THINKING

Do you agree with the theory of plate tectonics?

Alfred Wegener was the scientist who created the theory of the Drift theory. But in order to prove his ideas he used  fossils rocks, mountains range and Pangea ( the puzzle). At first all the continents were together but then they started to spread out and now are all separated. I  agree with the theory of plate tectonics because, it is truth that Earth's crust are broken in to two plates. They are also in the top of the mantle and they are floating. They move because of the convection currents.

REFLECTION

1- What did you enjoyed the most about this project and why?

What enjoyed the most about this project was to work individually. Sometimes I like to work in group but sometimes the ideas that people make are not enough to follow them.But in this project I enjoyed the most because, I did it in my own style.

2- What was the most challenging for you during this project and why?

The most challenging for me was to created my iMovie video. 

3- What new skills did you learn from doing this project?

The new skills I learned was how to create my iMovie video, how to upload my pictures, how to recorded my voice and grabbed to the iMovie.

4- Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.

What could I have done and much better was my mini-posters. I think I could improve them by creating more creativity in them, and so my video.

TIDES

TIDES

MAREAS

VOCABULARY WORDS:

WATER LEVEL( livel del agua): Is how high or low the water is.

HIGH AND LOW TIDES( altas y bajas mareas): Each day water level is high two times and two times low.

REVOLUTION( revolucion): Is the time that the earth takes around the sun.

GRAVITY( gravedad): The force in which the earth grabbs the moon.

SPRING TIDE(  marea viva): Is when the water level on earth is highest and lowest.

NEAP TIDE(  marea muerta): Is when the water level on the earth is equal.

SUMMARY

Revolution and gravity causes tides.

There are two types of tides low tide and high tide. This included water level,  that's how we noticed the level water.
The main tides that all we know are, Spring and Neap tide.
Neap Tide  is when the water level on earth is equal. The sun,the earth and the moon make a straight line. First quater moon and Last quarter moon are the phases of the moon in this tide.







Spring Tide is when the water level on earth is tis highest and lowest. New Moon and Full Moon are the phases of the moon in this tide.

HOW EARTH IS AFFECTED BY MOVEMENT ( REVOLUTION)?
There are several reasons of how the earth is affected by movement. Lunar Revolution causes tides.Lunar Revolution is the time that the moon takes around the earth. The earth is also affected by the revolution of the earth and that's why we have seasons. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
Another reason is the earth rotation. When the earth spins on it's axis is what caused the day and night.
REFLECTION:
What did you enjoy most about this project and why? What enjoy most about this project was the we only work on one topic and not in a lot. I also like to work with my group members we all worked hard on this.
What was most challenging for you during this project? The most challenging for me was to planed the procedure of how to film. We have to figure out what to included and in what order.
What new skills did you learn from doing this project? The skills that I learned was how to be the narrator, I'm kind of shy on how to speak on the microphone or when somebody is filming. I also learned how to work with my group in order to make a video.
Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work?
I think I could work individual, maybe it takes more easier and more fast.