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We are working on a project about geology including rock layers of our region.
My goal is helping the team solve problems and manage conflicts.
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics
In this lab we used gram crackers, Chocolate chips, frosting, and rice crispy treats. The gram crackers represented plate tectonics. The chocolate chips represented the volcanoes and mountains. The frosting represented the Asthenosphere, and the rice crispy treat represented the ocean crust. We learned how mountains can form out of most any collision and shape the earth. We also learned how the tectonic plates worked. The lab helped me understand plate tectonics because I thought that all of the collisions were pretty similar, but then I learned that they are not and they are all very complicated.
Rock cycle
Rock cycle
The next example of the rock cycle lab. In this lab we started with plane starbursts which represented rocks. Then erosion came, Which smashed the rocks into little pieces, for the lab we cut up the starbursts that we cut into little pieces. After that was compaction and cementation, which smashed the rocks together to form a boulder. In the lab we put the cut up starburst Into the bag and smashed them together. Next was melting, and the magma came in and melted the boulder into one big blob. In the lab We put the smashed together starburst that was in the bag into hot water. So after the magma cools the cycle could really start all over again. That was the end of the lab. In this lab I learned That rocks don't really get a break. The cycle is always going, I learned how the cycle of rocks works. This helped me understand how the rock cycle works and that the cycle is always moving.
Project #1 Earth rocks exhibition
Earth Rocks Reflection
Earth Rocks Reflection
Researching the earth rocks was a blast! Some ways my group's model accurately represented the geological features of the southwest location, was the volcanic ash in between the layers and the fossils. The fossils in the southwest area were trilobites and other marine animals in the permian and sometimes sedimentary layers. My team collaborated to construct the stratigraphic diagram by working together to find who was good at what so we could have the best diagram possible. For our diagram my whole group helped build, paint, and put fossils in the layers. Will and I were in charge of making the timescale for all the layers on Canva, and painting in the volcanic ash. Betsy was in charge of touching up the paint for the layers. Me and my group thought we did very well on showing the diorama, following our script, and answering questions. What we might need to work on is not stuttering, and if we do, not making it a big deal like, oh gosh, I can't talk today, and just moving on. We engaged with the visitors by them asking us questions and us answering them, talking to them about each thing on the model, and much more. Some feedback we received is “great job, this is wonderful” and “it looks like you guys worked so hard on this!” Something I learned from working on this project is that there are a lot of layers and aspects of the geology of the southwest. Overall This Exhibition was so much fun! What I am most proud of is how much I learned about the southwest in my research, even though we live here! My group was great and I hope we get a chance to work together again.
Project #2 Space Odyssey
Project #2 Space Odyssey
One Pager
One Pager
This is my one pager that me and my partner created for our Space Odyssey Exhibition.
Space Odyssey Exhibition Reflection
Space Odyssey Exhibition Reflection
Our Space Odyssey exhibition was our second science Exhibition. It was a lot of fun and I got to learn all about the planet Jupiter! Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the largest by an amazing amount. We learned how fast it orbits the sun, its unique and amazing features, and all about its size and mass. I now know Jupiter orbits the sun at a rate of 29,236 miles per hour, Jupiter has a bunch of magnetic fields around the planet, and a great red spot is a giant storm that has raged for hundreds of years, and is still active today.
Jupiter is about 11 times the size of Earth and 1/10 the size of the sun, and it is about 317.8 Earth's masses. I think next time me and my group need to memorize our scripts a bit more so that we will not look down at them and we will know it. I would say that Koen and I did a great job of working together to make the most effective project, but the most important thing is we had lots of fun doing it!
Project #3 Environmental action Plan Exhibition
Envirnmental Action Plan
Envirnmental Action Plan
For this mini exhibition we made an environmental action plan and took action. Protecting Pollinators, me and Quinn made posters to encourage others to stop picking flowers and spraying pesticides. Our original plan was to fundraise for money to buy plants and plant butterfly gardens around neighborhoods and the school but we didn't have time so we decide to put up the posters and envelopes in local business for donations. I think our plan could impact the pollinators because there would be more plants to pollinate. Overall I think this was a great idea to protect our pollinators around durango, and this was really fun and important to help with the problems our world is facing.
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