Shield Volcanoes

What did you think about the volcano lab we did on Wednesday?  Which lava flow went the fastest?  Which went the slowest?  What would you have done differently with this activity?

USGS Shield Volcanoes

Read the following information on shield volcanoes.  What do shield volcanoes look like?  What are shield volcanoes made of?  Where are shield volcanoes located?

Summarize the reading section on plate tectonics and shield volcanoes.


Summarize the section on Hawaiian shield volcanoes.



http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/ShieldVolcano/description_shield_volcano.html

Earth's Interior and Continental Drift

What are the three layers of the earth?  What is the lithosphere?  What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust? What is the core made of and how hot is it?  What is the mantle?  What is magma?  Click on the link below to answer these questions and tell why scientist might study earth's interior

Earth's Interior
Who first came up with the concept of Continental Drift?  What is the name of the super continent that existed over 1 million years ago?  What are convection currents and what do they have to do with Continental Drift and Plate movement?  How does convection currents cause movement in the mantle?  What is subduction?  What might crustal movements cause?

Continental Drift

Plate Tectonics

Next week we will begin our unit on Plate Tectonics.  What do you think we will be discussing in this unit?  What topics will we discuss?  What possible labs would you be interested in doing?

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Where Shall We Build

As we come to a finish on out unit covering Erosion & Deposition, what are your thoughts on where Boomtown should build their new hotels, houses and shopping?  You have had a chance to examine various soil types found in the area, you have seen how the land has changed over the past 100 years, and you have looked at specific areas in Boomtown and how erosion has affected each one.  With all of this information, which area would you chose to build:  the seaside cliff, the green hill, or the marsh?  Explain why you chose where you chose