Virtual Journey to the Center of the Earth

This week we continued our adventure to the center of the Earth.  We were trying to give the students a scaled visual of just how deep the center is.  To do this we measured out different colors of crepe paper to represent the 15 layers/points that we researched and discussed last week.  We then took our crepe paper to the hallways and taped them up in order and locations.  This stretched from the band room down past the cafeteria, across the front of the auditorium down the hallway that my room is in and then up and down the art hallway.  The students were extremely surprised at the length as we walked it and taped it up.  This was also a great activity to practice measurement.  The next thing we did was start to investigate the radius of the various layers and use that information to help us find the volume of the Earth and its layers.
Next meeting we will continue to determine the volume of the Earth and then we will start to calculate how long it will take to walk from the crust to the center of the Earth.  See you on Oct. 20th!!!