Earth Science Webquest

1. Earth Science Webquest Ms. Carroll’s 6th Grade Earth Science Class

2. Table of Contents Introduction Standards Essential Questions Task Procedures: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Evaluation/Rubric Conclusion Sources At any time, click on the house at the bottom of the screen to come back to this page!!

3. Introduction: You and your partner are scientists and are required to give two presentations at an important science conference. One presentation will be about the layers of the Earth. The second presentation will be about plate tectonics. You will present both of these presentations to the other scientists at the science conference. You must follow the directions on this webquest carefully in order to be successful at the conference!

4. Standards: S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed. a. Compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core including temperature, density, and composition. e. Recognize that lithospheric plates constantly move and cause major geological events on the earth’s surface. f. Explain the effects of physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, volcanic eruption, gravity) on geological features including oceans (composition, currents, and tides).

5. Essential Questions: 1. Knowing that tectonic plates constantly move, what are the effects on geological features? 2. How would the Earth be Earth without the all different layers?

6. Task: As scientists you know that you should first read all the instructions. Then you and your partner will research the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics. With this information you are going to put together two presentations each about plate tectonics and the layers of the Earth.

7. Procedures: 1. Completely read this webquest before beginning.

8. Procedures: 2. Before you begin planning your presentations, you need to conduct your research. The first thing you need to do is use the web sites and books below to find out about your topics. As you do this research, follow the directions given for each web site and book you use. You will need a pencil and two pieces of paper. You will use one piece of paper to take notes for your first presentation about layers of the Earth. You will use the other piece of paper to take notes for your second presentation about plate tectonics. Save these notes because you will need to turn them in. As scientists you need to delegate (everyone has a task to do) so that everyone takes part in the research.

9. Procedures: 3. Now that your research is complete, begin working on your first presentation on the layers of the Earth. Using Kid Pix, Timeliner, Word Art, or any other program, you need to draw and label the layers of the Earth. You need to include how thick each layer is.

10. Procedures: 4. When you have completed your first presentation, begin working on your second presentation. In this presentation you will need to describe the theory of plate tectonics. You will need to demonstrate how plate tectonics move. You can do this with movement (acting out), with a drawing on a poster, with a model, technology, or however you want. In this presentation you will need to discuss how the movement of tectonic plates can create earthquakes and mountains.

11. Procedures: 5. Practice your presentations with your partner. Decide what each of you will say and do. Get ready for the big conference!

12. Procedures: 6. Turn in all of your notes and everything you used in your presentations.

13. Evaluation/Rubric: Click hereto view the rubric you will use in this assignment.

14. Conclusion: Now that you have completed this webquest, you should know more about the planet you live on. Is there anything else about the Earth that you would like to know? Or would you like to know if other planets have the same layers as the Earth? Is there something you still are unsure about? If so email the Ask a Scientist for you answer. If you finish your webquest before other students, you may use your time to surf the web and find the answers to these questions. Write the questions and answers down and turn them in for extra credit!

15. Sources: You will need to turn in all of the notes you take when you visit the following web sites and use the following books. Keep track of all of your work, and don't throw anything away!

16. Sources: Web sites: 1.http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/introduction.htmlWhen you use this page: a.) Read the introduction and take notes. Focus on what tectonic plates are and how they move. b.) Click NEXT to see a diagram of the layers of the Earth. Draw the diagram. You will be able to use it to prepare your first presentation. 2. http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.htmlRead this page and take notes. Focus on what tectonic plates are and how they move.

17. Sources: 3. http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/glossary.html This site is a glossary of geology terms. It works just like a dictionary. Look up the following words/terms and write their definitions: a.) continental drift b.) core c.) crust d.) lithosphere e.) mantle f.) Pangea g.) plate tectonics h.) sea-floor spreading

18. Sources: 4. http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm When you get to this site, please call me over so that I can log on for you to be able to watch videos. 5. http://www.brainpop.com/ When you get to this site, please call me over so that I can log on for you to be able to watch short videos.

19. Sources: 6. Ask a Scientist Scientists can be contacted to ask any question you have that isn't present in the existing database. It would be especially helpful if your students have an unusual or difficult questions.

20. Sources: Books: Choose at least one of the books from the back shelf to read about the Earth. Look up key words or phrases in the index to help you continue your research. (Key words/terms you may want to look up are layers of the Earth, tectonic plates, plate tectonics, earthquakes, or mountains.) On your paper, write down the name of the book you used, the words you looked up in the index, and the pages you read.

21. Sources: Video: Globeboogie was created by Dave Adams. A fellow teacher in my masters class. Watch as the plates move across your screen!