9KMn's blogs are finally up and running, and their first post is about continental drift!
We started the Third Rock From The Sun topic by learning about the layers of the Earth, how the crust is divided up into plates, and how convection currents in the mantle cause sea floor spreading which leads to continental drift.
Students absolutely loved watching the video below at the start of the unit. They convinced me to play it about four times in one lesson!
After a few days 9KMn was able to understand who all the characters were and what they were talking about when rapping "cut em' out the book notice their shape, they're fitting pretty well there I dare say" and "hey it's Harry Hess and it's after the war, I'm using sonar to map the sea floor."
After a few activities in class such as the classic jigsaw and evidence cut-out for Pangaea, as well as looking at whether certain things count as scientific evidence or not, and looking at Pangaea break-up simulations here and here, students were ready to create and share their new understanding.
They chose what style of creation they would prefer to do. These included a piktochart newspaper article, filming an interview, different styles of writing, creating and performing a rap, or using GOanimate, or Prezi! These links will take you to the criteria students were working off while making their creations.
Some students have finished their creation and included them in their first blog post, while others are still editing and will add them soon!
Click on their names to see completed blog posts from superstars Talita, Antonio, Anamanu, Phoenix, and PJ.