Gros Morne National Park was designated a United Nations World Heritage Site because of its glacial and geologic history. The spectacular scenery at Gros Morne includes sharp ridges and huge cliffs, coastal bogs and highland tundra, dramatic ocean inlets and lakes.
Make a Seismograph:
Geologists study the Earth, trying to understand the forces that gradually shape and change the landscape and ocean floor, as well as earthquakes and volcanoes. The information geologist discover helps in many ways, from keeping populations safe from disasters like landslides to uncovering important ore deposits like titanium used for surgical equipment.
Earthquakes happen all the time, but most of them are so small that we can't feel them, and they do not cause any damage. However, large earthquakes can be quite catastrophic.
A seismograph is a machine used to measure the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
Seismographs are made by hanging a heavy weight from a rigid frame connected to the ground. When the ground moves during an earthquake, the frame moves back and forth along with the ground. However, the heavy weight is not connected directly to the ground, and it wants to stay in place. The result is that the weight holds still, while the frame moves back and forth around it. The relative motion of the weight and frame can be turned into a recording called a seismogram. The seismogram can be analyzed later to find out when an earthquake happened and how strong it was. While modern seismographs record this motion as an electrical signal, older seismographs would use a pen to draw the signal directly on paper. In this activity you built your own old-fashioned seismograph.
Make a model of a layers of the earth:
Using plasticine of different colours to create the layers of the earth.
Make colourful sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous "rocks":
Use crayon shavings: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/crayon-rock-cycle
Make a Seismograph:
Geologists study the Earth, trying to understand the forces that gradually shape and change the landscape and ocean floor, as well as earthquakes and volcanoes. The information geologist discover helps in many ways, from keeping populations safe from disasters like landslides to uncovering important ore deposits like titanium used for surgical equipment.
Earthquakes happen all the time, but most of them are so small that we can't feel them, and they do not cause any damage. However, large earthquakes can be quite catastrophic.
A seismograph is a machine used to measure the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
Seismographs are made by hanging a heavy weight from a rigid frame connected to the ground. When the ground moves during an earthquake, the frame moves back and forth along with the ground. However, the heavy weight is not connected directly to the ground, and it wants to stay in place. The result is that the weight holds still, while the frame moves back and forth around it. The relative motion of the weight and frame can be turned into a recording called a seismogram. The seismogram can be analyzed later to find out when an earthquake happened and how strong it was. While modern seismographs record this motion as an electrical signal, older seismographs would use a pen to draw the signal directly on paper. In this activity you built your own old-fashioned seismograph.
Make a model of a layers of the earth:
Using plasticine of different colours to create the layers of the earth.
Make colourful sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous "rocks":
Use crayon shavings: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/crayon-rock-cycle