Guessing Minerals

Minerals Labs 


In this lab I learn how to identify minerals using their properties. Minerals has different characteristics.
Luster: It determines whether a mineral is Metallic or Non-Metallic .
Hardness: It shows the density of the mineral, which means if it's hard or soft.
Cleavage: When minerals break evenly.
Fracture: When minerals break unevenly.
Composition: Materials that are inside of a mineral. 









What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I enjoy taking picture of the minerals and the materials. I also enjoy making video in Animoto, it was fun and I didn't have to write a lot.


What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging thing was  putting the picture at the right spot and also fitting the words. It was difficult because I couldn't fit all the words that I wanted.


What new skills did you learn from doing this project? 
I learn how to identify minerals using their properties and I also learn more about animoto. Now I can upload picture and video faster.


Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work?
I could have done my video on Imovie , it would have been  more understanble.  I could use as many words as I wanted and people could understand the project better.

 

"Let it shake"

Lithosphere Layer
Activities: Brainpop videos
Topic: Earth's internal Structure
Earth's internal structure has three different layers. The crust, the mantle and the core. The crust is located at the top  of the layer and there's two types of crust. The continental crust is the part we live on and the oceanic crust is the land underneath the ocean. The mantle is the second layer located between the crust and the core and has two parts. The upper mantle which is soft, liquid and plastic and the lower mantle which is very hot and solid. The core is located in the center of earth.There's the inner core which is solid and it's made of iron and nickel. There's also the outer core which is only liquid and it's also made of iron and nickel.

Topic: Mountains
Mountains are different types of landforms and they are formed when plates converged. There are many different types of mountains. Folded, dome, fault Block, horst and grabens.
Activities: Model
Topic: Continental Drift
Continental Drift is the theory about earth 200 millions years ago and it states that all lands and continents were all combined. They were known as pangea. They got seperated  and the evidences of this theory are Puzzle, Fossils, Rock Record, & Mountains Ranges. The one who thougth of this theory was Alfred wegener.
Athenosphere Layer
Activities: Foldables & Mini-Quiz
Topic: Volcanoes
Volcanoes are opening in earth that erupts gases, ash and lava. They are formed at plate boundaries and over hot spots. In volcanoes there's lava and magma. Lava is melted rock that is erupted out of volcano and magma is melted rock that is erupted inside of volcano. There are three types of volcanic mountains. Shield which is made of dried hardened lava. Cinder Cone which is made up of rock, particles, dust and ash. Composite which is made up different layers, lava and rock particles. Hot spots are part of the mantle that is really hot and they create islands.
Topic: Faults
Faults occur when earth breaks and part of it moves. There are three types of faults. Normal faults which is when one part goes down when earth breaks. Strike-Slip which is when each part slide each other horizontally and Reverse faults which is when land moves up when earth breaks.
Activities: Demonstration LAb
Topic: Convention Currents
 Activities: Song/Rap
Topic: Earthquake
Earthquake are caused by movements of faults. Earthquake happens in plate boundaries, when plates move apart from each other. The movement of faults caused pressure inside of rock and it begins to break. When it breaks it creates seismic waves. There are three types of waves.The P-wave is very fast. The S-wave moves horizontally. The L-wave is very dangerous. They used seismograph to measure earthquake. Earthquake happens on the epicenter and the focus is the place where all the pressure are built up.
Mantle Layer
Activities: Narrative Video
Topic: Earthquake



Critical Thinking Questions
Do you agree with the theory of plate Tectonics? Why or Why not
I agree with the theory of plate Tectonics because there are evidences. I also studied the Geolic events of earth's history and I learned about all different changes that occured on earth.

Reflection
1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I enjoyed learning about all those different topics and I also enjoyed writting and recording my own song.

2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging thing was creating a model. I struggled a lot before I came up with a brilliant idea.

3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
I learned to use Imovie and I improved on video editing. I also learned to be creative.

4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? explain.
I wish I had finish the song earlier so I could make the video more creative. I wasted so many time on recording the song and I didn't even have time to get tested on my other project. I wanted to get tested on all the layers.

Phases of the Moon

 Lunar phases: Les phases de la lune

The appearance of the moon. It shows the moon's visibility. 

Moon's light: La lumiere de la lune

The moon gets its light from the sun.

Lunar Revolution:  Lunaire révolution

 The path it takes moon to revolve around earth. It takes the moon 29.5 days to revolve around earth one complete time.

Waxing: Epilation à la Cire

The moon is getting bigger on the right.

Waning:   Déclin

The moon is getting smaller on the left.

New Moon  Nouvelle Lune

The moon is not visible. There's no moon.

Crescent Moon:   Croissant Lunaire

Less than half of the moon is visible.

Quarter Moon   Quart de Lune
Half of the moon is visible.

Gibbous Moon:   Lune gibbeuse
More than half of the moon is visible.

Full moon:  Pleine Lune
All moon is visible.

Summary

Phases of the moon shows the visibility of the moon. The moon can be waxing and waning. Waxing means it's getting bigger on the right and waning means it's getting smaller on the left. There are 8 lunar phases. New moon, waxing crescent,  quarter, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter and waning crescent.

Video

How is earth affected by movement (revolution)?

Earth's movement causes seasons. We have 4 different seasons . Summer, fall, winter and spring. Depending on the types of sunlight that earth is receiving determine the different seasons. For example In the northern and southern  Hemisphere, Earth receives both direct and indirect sunlight so they have all different seasons. In the equator the earth always receives direct sunlight and  it 's always summer over there.

Reflection

What did you enjoy most about this project and why?

I enjoyed editing the video, it was extremely fun. I  liked the whole editing process because I've learned  basic information on video editing. Video editing  was my favorite part of this project. I also enjoyed learning about massive movement of earth because it is always interesting to be informed about earth.

What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
Figuring out how to arrange the papers on the video was complicated. Even though we practiced doing it  a lot in class, I felt like It wasted much of our time. Recording the video was  challenging because we had to make sure that everything was  well organized and set to record the video.

What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
I learned how to edit video and I also learned to be more devoted, collaborative and responsible while working in a group.

Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? explain.

I could have made the video more creative if I labeled each section of the video like  the other students did. Since I wanted to do something unique so I tried to do my own thing and I still think it was a good idea . I like the outcome of my video. It was the first video I edited and I think  I did a pretty good job.