Hey kiddos!
Welcome to your first official Class Blog Assignment.
For this week's assignment, you'll need to read these current events articles related to landforms and answer the questions that you receive on Monday afternoon. Remember, this assignment is due Friday afternoon (that's right, the day after school ends - the cool thing about blogs AND your new email addresses, is it gives some flexibility on due dates for work). You may finish this assignment any time during the week and hand it in, in person, OR you may email your work to me by Friday afternoon ( just like college students do). This will be your ONLY homework this week; it is to give you practice for doing assignments like this in fifth grade.
ARTICLES:
"Slowing Ice Flows"
"The Sinking City"
"Big Quake, Little Destruction"
Don't forget to read all THREE articles (they're very short, and interesting) and to answer the questions by Friday afternoon.
Keep up with our blog posts all summer for interesting articles and links, and for updates on what members of our class are doing.
Hi folks! Just want to add - the assignment this week is to read the articles and answer the questions. You don't need to post anything here this time around. However, if you have any questions for me about this assignment, you SHOULD post them here, since you are probably not the only person with that question! I will try my best to answer questions posted in the comments here daily, so check back often.
ReplyDeleteAlso, let's work on checking for spelling and typing errors before posting comments. Some folks seem verryyyyyyyyy relaxed about that on here! Don't forget, this *is* a school assignment!
http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module13swf.swf
ReplyDeleteHi this is Raquel. This is a really cool website that shows you animated movement of a glacier.
Thanks for posting, Raquel! I still cannot get the link to work for me - very disappointing. Obviously, your classmates are making it work for them, so I'm glad they are able to benefit. I'll have to try again.
Deletehi it's posey,
ReplyDeletehere is a website about glaciers
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/index.html
Cool site! What beautiful photographs - and great information, too! Thanks for sharing, Posey!
Deletehi it's Posey,
ReplyDeletei wanted to say that Raquel's website is REALLY COOL and you should check it out!!!
I love that you are so enthusiastic and really interacting with our blog! Are you still considering creating your own blog? I would love to be able to read about your camp experiences and all you'll be learning about this summer! I know your classmates would enjoy that, too!
Deletehi it's posey,
ReplyDeleteon friday and i cant wait. i am jest so excited i ran around for the last 3 minuets. i will see you all next year. i may not be able to respond to what you all say but i will try my best.
hi it's Caleb,
ReplyDeleteHere are some neat pictures I found that were from the article I read.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/pet-rocks/hoffmann-photography?source=podrelated
That's awesome, Caleb! Thank you for sharing!
DeleteCheck your email - I sent you some feedback on your work.
Mrs. Taylor,
ReplyDeleteI was unaware that the question went to the assignment on the blog. I noticed it when i was posting Jontae answer that we found via my cellphone internet. I hope he can get some credit for some of the answers.
1. Glaciers are large masses of snow, recrystallized ice and rock debris that accumulate in great quantities and begin to flow outwards and downwards under the pressure of their own weight.
2. Climate change is patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons.
3. The ocean will change temperature which will cause the ocean to rise in level because it will produce more oxygen into the water.
4. The study of glaciers is called glaciology.
5. Didn’t know the answer
5. A Geodesist is the scientific discipline that studies the size, shape and location of fixed points on the Earth.
6. Not sure
7. They had a tsunami.
8. An earthquake can break dams or levees along a river. The water from the river or the reservoir would then flood the area, damaging buildings and maybe sweeping away or drowning people.
9. There are two main causes of earthquakes. Firstly, they can be linked to explosive volcanic eruptions; secondly, they can be triggered by Tectonic activity associated with plate margins and faults. The majority of earthquakes worldwide are of this type.
10. Didn’t know the answer
11. Tectonic plate is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.
12. The mountains and valleys were formed by tectonic plates
13. Ocean trenches was formed by divergence plates
14. A divergent plate movement occurs when two plates move away from each other. Magma from the mantle underneath the crust to rise up the surface to cool and solidify at the plate boundary. Convergences are two plates are moving toward each other.
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Jontae, it looks like you didn't read the articles posted above. That's where you will find the answers to the questions. The information will also be in more "kid-friendly" language to help you with the answers, as it doesn't look like the information you found elsewhere was in language that was meaningful to you.
DeleteAll blog assignments will be based on things I post on the blog - in this case, the three articles posted from Science News for Kids. The expectation is that you are using the blog as a a resource. Try again - you still have time!