My Whole Unit Reflection

              During the time of my class learning about landforms and how their formed and how that  happens, I learnt many things that fascinated me about the earths land.

EQ answering: Why does the earth look the way it does?
        The earth looks the way it does due to several different things that shape it to what it is now.  For example erosion, erosion is when water or ice, wind, chemicals shape the earth. An example of erosion would be when your at a beach and the water is putting a force on the sand and pulling it away with it back into the ocean. Some times the our earth changes its shape  due to many different natural disasters. For example an earth quake can make a big crack or make a piece of land fall. A tsunami can break land apart or drift land away. Same as all kind of disasters like sink holes or hurricanes or acid rain which can also change the shape.  Another three things do it like weathering,  weathering is when rocks and other pieces of land break down due to exposure to the atmosphere and biological organisms. Weathering is caused by water, ice, acids, salt and plants. Some thing else that effects the earths shape is climate. Climate changes the surfaces by creating glaciers that can cut peaks of mountains. Also these glaciers can form erosion land marks.  Also something called  Uplifting. Uplifting is when two earth plates combine and one grows on top of the other  and creates mountains. Also lakes and rivers that are in-between a canyon or valley are technically erosion.  So our earth does change a whole lot in many different ways even right now as you read this article erosion is happening. Thats how our world evolved and changed.

       

Some fun things that I experienced are....

 The wadi field trip, this trip gave me a visual explanation of erosion

The stream table experiment, this also gave me a visual explanation

Also all the videos that we saw in class gave good explanation

  Virtual reality thoughts: In my virtual reality experience I felt like I was in the canyon and the falls. For the grand canyon I enjoyed seeing it in close ups. Also seeing the rocks and how they have been eroded.  For the Victoria falls I much more enjoyed it. I enjoyed the Victoria  falls more because I felt it was more adventurous and scary. Which in my perspective is more fun. I saw the cliff of the fall and the running waters.
 Stream table thoughts: My thoughts on the stream table are the visual explanations they give. When I saw the                                                                                            stream table I got a connection to the outside world  about erosion.  Which helped me understand the processes and how and when erosion happens.

Flood Stream Table

Cool Careers

                                There are many different scientists jobs in the field of earth science here are some jobs:
         Paleontology: Paleontology is the scientific study of geologic past that involves analysis of plant and animal fossils. This includes microscopic fossils that are found in rocks, it is concerned with all aspects of biology and you sty the shapes and structures of the fossil. You would also study connections it has with other fossils and connections with modern day life and with the environment. This job is important so people can understand the history of life on earth and its relationships with the modern world. Also this career helps oil and petrol companies find places with natural gas. It also aids many theories of evolution and earth history.
                                                             
Geologist: A geologist is someone who studies liquid and solids and gases that are related to land also how this affects land.  Geologists also study how to extract natural gases and minerals from the ground. Also geologists study natural disasters like earth quakes or sink holes or tsunamis. This job is important cause people need to know about how the earth was formed and why.  Also we have to learn about what are land is.

Nature guide: A nature guide is someone who shows the public about earth science.  What he or she does is they take people who volunteer out in the nature. They can do it by taking people on hikes or expeditions. This job is important because of how it shows others how fascinating nature is and how the our world is made. Also this might teach others not to pollute and tell them that our earth is too precious to pollute in.

Wadi Trip

Today my class and I went to the Wadi to explore erosion. We went on a hot spring Monday but that didn't ruin the trip. The whole fifth grade went and it was really fun and enjoyable. We walked a lot during the time in the field trip but as I walked I wondered about how the wadi was eroded and many other questions. Later after reaching our destination in the Wadi we met with Dr.Bill the geoligist
and he explained many different things about the Wadi. One thing Dr.Bill talked about that surprised me was how the lime stone in the wadi was made. The answer was really surprising to me cause right after the question he started talking about fossils. I thought how does this relate to the question and then towards the end he had said the limestone was created by the fossil. Another fun thing that I experienced on the trip was the hike. Me as Tia I love hiking and I have experienced it many times so unlike other students opinions I really enjoyed the fun and adventure. I saw lots  of stone and small particles of lime stone which was really cool and I saw how the water erosion worked and how it effected the land. I think that the wadi is a great place to explore this kind of science. Also I wonder how long did it take to  get the wadi to what it is now.  Over all the trip was adventurous and fun and I really enjoyed it.

Standard Stream

                  Question: How does water erosion affect landforms?

                  Hypothesis: If water flows over land then the water will affect the shape of the land

                  Equipment: 3 cups one cup for drainage basin another cup for the water [the cup with the hole] and another cup the one we used to pour in the water. We also needed our plastic basket with was simulated to a land area. We also needed our land mixture and a ruler and a computer for recording. Also our noting paper.

                   Method and procedure:  In the stream table experiment there were many steps. First we had to gather all our equipment. Then we had to make our plateau and get our computers ready and the cups of water ready. Next we poured the water into the cup that is placed over our plateau simulation and the water started eroding.

                    Events occurred: At 1:56 a river started to form. At 2:00 another river formed. At 2:40 the water was creating a hole. At 3:30 a delta formed it was a very impressive one compared to other stream tables. At 5:27 a shore started forming cause a whole lot of water formed in front of it. At 7:00 water started going down the drainage basin.

                     Conclusion: At first I thought would this also have such an effect on the real world.  After the stream table I noticed that it really does make a change. My hypothesis was correct as I had stated before that water erosion does shape the land differently. From what I had witnessed in that experiment I noticed that all the rivers and lakes in the world eroded huge pieces of like the colorado river or the river nile all kinds of fascinating things are still eroding at this very moment and after the visual explanation of the experiment I realized how water erosion has an applicable background towards what  see. 

Virtual Reality Expierience

          In my virtual reality experience I felt like I was in the canyon and the falls. For the grand canyon I enjoyed seeing it in close ups. Also seeing the rocks and how they have been eroded. Also how the virtual reality made it so realistic to me. I saw all the rocks and how there shaped, and seeing the colorado river and how it eroded in between the rocks.  I wonder how other people feel when their in the actual natural environment. In all it was really interesting and fun.

 For the Victoria falls I much more enjoyed it. I enjoyed the Victoria  falls more because I felt it was more adventurous and scary. Which in my perspective is more fun. I saw the cliff of the fall and the running waters. I also saw how this huge piece of water eroded the lands. As a result of the erosion it shaped small little lands across this big piece of water. I wonder how people who research about this or see the actual water fall are not afraid of exploring it. And in all both were beautiful and fantastic sites.