We have begun our explorations into the Earth's Interior, Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes!
We began our first meeting with an introductory activity to welcome our new 6th grade members. It allowed them to meet and work with some of the 7th and 8th grade members. It was a great success and they had a great time meeting one another and learning to work as a team to complete the task in the quickest amount of time. I have attached a few pictures below of this activity.
We then began our Virtual Field Trip into the Earth! The students were given a picture of a blank cross section of the Earth. They then had to fill in as many layers of the Earth that they could think of in ten minutes. We discussed these layers and the number of layers they came up with. The students then used their chromebooks to research a couple of layers or areas of the Earth and we then shared our findings with the rest of the groups. This will then lead us into next weeks activity where we will build a visual of these layers with crepe paper and hang it in the hallway. This way the students can get a better understanding of the layers of Earth and how they compare to one another.
This is just the beginning of a very exciting unit. Please visit our site frequently to see what we have been up to!!
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