Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Shake Our world

Layers


Lithosphere
Activities: Music Videos, Brain Pop
Topics: Earth's Interior, Plate Boundaries, Volcanoes, Earthquakes
Their are four earth layers which is crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. The crust have two different types, the oceanic crust and continental crust. Earth have 3 types spheres, which is the  Lithosphere, Hydrosphere and AtmosphereThe Lithosphere is the solid part of the Earth, the Hydrosphere is the liquid part of the Earth, and the Atmosphere is the gas part of the Earth. Plate Boundaries is a movement of plate, and there have three different boundaries, one is Convergent Boundary is two plate come together, other is Divergent Boundary is make two plate pull apart, last one is Transform Boundary will make two plate slide past each often. Volcano is happen the pressure build up inside the Earth cause the rock push through the surface. Volcano have three different types. The cinder core, composite volcano and shield volcano. Earthquake is strong movement of the Earth's crust. The breakage create three types of seismic waves, which is P wave, S wave and L wave.The L wave is the most dangerous.


Atmosphere
Activities: Foldables & Mini-Quiz, Demonstration Lab
Topics:Fault, Continental Drift
Their are 3 types of faults, which is Normal FaultsReverse Faults and Strike- Slip FaultsNormal Faults is one plate go down, Reverse Fault is one plate go up, and Strike- Slip Faults is two plate slide side by slide. Alfred Wegener's that the continents were once a single super continent called Pangaea, over very long time the super continent slowly broke apart into today. The evidence is Puzzle, Fossils, and Rock Types.



Mantle
Activities: Exploration Labs
Topics: Density Lab, Ring of Fire Lab

The ring of fire is the area around Pacific Plate that have many Volcanoes and Earthquakes happen occur the Plate Boundaries. There have most hot spot.


Critical Thinking Question
Do you agree with the theory of plate tectonics? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree with the theory of plate tectonics. I believe the Pangaea and broken down move a little bit ever year. And the Scientist find the evidence of this theory.



Reflection
1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I enjoy most most about this project is do the 
Demonstration Lab, because I do a lot fun thing in that lab.
2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging for me during this project is we have a lot of information to remember and we need to do thing very fast because we don't have many time.  
3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
I learn when I have a lot of thing to do how to spend the time.
4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
If we have more time I think I will make my work better, my foldables can be more unique. And can have more time to make me understand everything.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Massive Movement Project

Eclipse

Vocabulary:

Lunar Revolution 月球公转
When the moon moves around the Earth.

Umbra 暗影
The dark part of the shadow.

Penumbra 半影
The light of the shadow.

Total Eclipse 全食
When the entire sun is covered by the moon.

Partial Eclipse 偏食
When only part of the sun is covered by the moon.

Lunar Eclipse 月食
When the moon moves behind the Earth into the shadow.

Solar Eclipse 日食
When the moon moves between the Sun and Earth and block the light to Earth.

Summary:

When the moon moves around the Earth is call lunar revolution. Lunar revolution cause different eclipse. Total eclipse is when the entire sun is totally covered by the moon, the umbra is happens. Partial eclipse is when only part of the sun is covered by the moon, when is partial eclipse the penumbra is happens. When the moon moves behind the Earth into the shadow is call lunar eclipse. The solar eclipse is when the moon moves between the Sun and Earth and block the light to Earth.

Video:




Critical Thinking Question:
How the Earth affected by movement (revolution)?
The Earth revolution take about 365 days or 1 year, and the rotation on the axis is 24 hours.  The Earth revolution cause four seasons. Which are the Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. When the first of each seasons will have Solstices or Equinoxes. The Earth rotation cause the day and night. The lunar revolution is moon moves around the Earth. The lunar revolution cause the two different tide. Which are the Neap tide and Spring tide, and the lunar revolution will cause the moon phase.


Reflection:


What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I enjoyed when we make the video, because that have a lot of fun. We tried the best to make the video to best. We take over again and again to make it best. Then I use iMovie to choose the best part then make them together get a good video.


What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging for me during this project is take video, because we need practice many time. I have moves the picture and the word, that is hard of me to make that.


What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
I learned how to take the video, and how to use iMovie to edit it.


Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
I think I can the video more better, like put more crops. And the back ground music is too loud I think I can make the back ground music more whispered, that will be better.