Earth Science Projects

Class Earth Science Projects

In this blog you will find the Class's Earth Science Project information notes! For this assignment, Dr. Smirnova asked us to report on different types of Earth Science such as violent weather, space, layers of the atmosphere, and soil formation. Throughout the presentation of this information, I was able to create a blog of scientific data and information pulled from my peer's knowledge! This was an amazing experience because I learned so much about earth science that I did not know before this class. These presentations really helped me to become a more well rounded student of science methods throughout this course. Read below to inform yourself on the many different aspects of Earth Science! I hope you enjoy :)

Violent Weather

• Videos to educate the students
• Reflected on what they learned through the video
• Wonder aspect to it in order for the students to research what they wonder
• View- Looking at the picture and listing the emotions and thoughts that they had regarding the picture
• Extreme weather is unpredictable and scary! They are fast moving and unpredictable
• Chose a photograph that interested you-cars on the road during an extreme blizzard because extreme snowfall is interesting
• Digital Journey Poem- "Help the Avalanche is upon us!"-Michaela, "Hurricanes"- Tara
• Exploration of Thing Link- videos, articles, and facts
• *Click here to view Michaela, Tara & Cassandra's Earth Science Project*

Space

• Creating a paper ma-shay to compare the sizes of the planets
• Complete a forum explaining their experiences
• Engage, explore, explain- Talking about their experiences and their partners and the differences that they had and why they were thinking the way that they were
• They created PowerPoint on different planets- Listed different facts: origins, discovery, location, distance, who discovered it 
• Task- Pick a planet and try to convince other people to come to your planet- this is an amazing project idea for your students and makes it a more fun way then just a research project
• Ability to see the planets through different perspectives
• James' PowerPoint on Space
• Kelly's PowerPoint on Space
• *Click here to view Kelly & James' Earth Science Project*

Layers of the Atmosphere

• Interactive Videos to discuss the different layers of the atmosphere
• A Journey through the Atmosphere video-a man goes through the atmosphere and survives! This sparks great curiosity in the students and is an exciting way to get the lesson started
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• *Click here to view Bailey & Olivia's Earth Science Project Video & Google Doc *

Soil Formation

• Soil holds most of the usable water on earth
• When soil is too wet it lets us know when a flood is coming and when it is too dry it prepares us for a drought
• Use of Flip Grid- you can do a voice over and use a picture of yourself to convey information. You can share it on a group
• Read an article and write a response on Linoit.com 
• Asked the students to draw the formation of soil to describe and display the soil formation. This is a great way to visually view what happens to the soil and how it forms!
• Soil formation writing about NYS- speaks about legends and how it connects to the location of soil into the ground and how soil is used to grow the earth's plants
• Great to use with students for Inquiry lessons because they are provided with the research
• They learned a lot about the importance of soil
• NASA is SUCH an important part of growing the soil
• *Click here to view Cierra & Megan's Earth Science Project*

"Education is not how much you know, it is the way that you share." - Dr. Smirnova