Miss Wiencke post 3

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to say  

CONGRATULATIONS 

on completing your online unit Earthquake Explorers!! 

You all did a marvellous job!

I have been extremely impressed with the 

amount of time and effort each one of you put into your work! 

Keep up the great work boys!!

:)

jake post 25

Hi everyone
here is my glossary hope you like it...

jake post 25

Hi everyone
here is my Haiti earthquake
information...

cameronpost 13

Hi
I’m showing how far Japan moved (3 M)
all the way to the green feet

cameron post 12

Hi
Here are my ?
Can an earthquake make a bee fall?
Can 2 tsunamis happen at the same time?

cameron post 11

Hi
here is my what I learn
John Milne was the English seismologist and geologist who invented the first modern seismograph.

Perhaps the earliest seismograph was invented in China A.D. 136 by a man named Choko.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has hit the Thai-Burma border region, killing at least one person and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok.

mishai post 15

Allison post 1

Today we found this interesting site with animations showing how a tsunami is different to a normal wave.

http://beachsafe.org.au/tsunami/ema/pages/03_workings.html

We learnt lots of interesting information.

From,
Allison

mishai post 14

jake post 23

Hi everyone
here is my seismogram report hope you like it..

jake post 22

mishai post 13

san andreas fault line california

cameron post 8

Hi
what does a biscuit and an earthquake have in common?
I will tell on Monday

mishai post 12

What did one earthquake say to the other earthquake?

I'll tell you the answer on Monday.

Cameron Post 7

Hi,
What do you get of a hen in a earthquake?
I will tell you tomorrow
From Cameron

mishai post 11

Today I did this graph and I learned that Australia had the most earthquakes but all the other countries had stronger earthquakes.

cameron post 8

Hi,
Do you think you know the answer...
Are there volcanoes in Antarctica?
What is Antarctica's volcano called?

jake post 19

a tsunami is created by these things....

• earthquakes
• landslide
• volcanic eruptions
• explosions
• meteorites

I thought this was interesting

Jake post 18

Hi everyone , here is another Joke for you all ....

What did the ground say to the Earthquake??

Have a go answering and I will post it on the blog tomorrow ......

bye Jake

jake post 17

I have a joke here can you guess the answer I will tell you tomorrow.

What do you get from a cow after an earthquake?

Show Punchline

Jack Post 7

Hi Everyone,
This is my plasticine experiment.

cameron post 6

An Earthquake can make a big wave.
An Earthquake can make a plant shatter.
A Tsunami needs a lot of pressure.

Are they really that bad?Can they kill a dog?

jake post 16

Hi everyone
here are my graphs hope you like them...

mishai post 10

http://www.showcaves.com/maps/Big/Plates.png

Today I learned
1. there are 7 continents and 5 oceans
2. there are 14 major plates and 38 mior plates
3. the largest plates are the Antarctic Plate, the Eurasian Plate, and the North American Plate.
4. tectonic plates move about as fast as your fingernails grow — 5 to 10 centimeters per year.
5. the continents and the oceans rest on tectonic plates, which float on the mantle.

I want to know do oceanic plates always move from left to right.

jake post 15

hi everyone
here is my continents and I have marked
where the earthquakes happen..

Jack Post 6

Hi Everyone,

This is my word wall.

jake post 14

Hi everyone here is my word wall hope you like it..

jake post 13

Hell,
I have found two more sights for you all
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html and the last one is of tctonic plates doing the different ways we have written about today...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics

bye jake

jake post 12

Hi Guys,
this is a cool website you can actually see how the tectonic plates start to move away from each other as a volcano starts to erupting
http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/tectonic.htm
I will keep looking this is fun...
Jake

jake post 11

Hi everyone here models of a tectonic plate hope you like them ...

mishai post 9

Today i learnt about the different types of tectonic plate movement
and i used plasticine to help me understand.

here are some animation sites i found but i think the last one, the video, is the best

http://www.scotese.com/pzanim.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.htm
http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-The-Continental-Drift---Plate-Tectonics-117505893

cameron post 7

Hi here is a site http://www.iema.illinois.gov/iema/EarthquakeGame/Play_the_Game.html
From Cameron

Jack Post 5

Hi Everyone,
Here is a link to some before and after pictures of the tsunami in Japan.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

jake post 10

here is my new castle page hope you like it...

cameron post 6

Hi here is a cool site it's a game about (where you can pick which more then 1) Floods, Wild fire, Earthquakes, Hurricane and Tsunami.

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/playgame.html

From Cameron.

Cameron post 5

Today I learnt
Divergent plates move away from each other.

Convergent plates move towards each other.
Transform plates move up and down.

My questions for today

I.Can earthquakes destroy metal objects like a ladder?

II.Where is a site to watch a Tsunami happening?

mishai post 8

the Himalayan mountain range http://www.globe-images.net/

Here is my labelled diagram and the plasticene model of the layers of the earth.

In the hard boiled egg experiment I cracked the shell and I pushed, pulled and slid the pieces of shell to get an idea of the earth's plate movement. I ate the egg before I remembered I had to cut it in half and photograph it. It would have looked like my plasticene model I think.

I have learnt that mountain ranges like the Himalayas are made when the plates shift and push one up above the other. Seismic waves (energy) travel up and through the crust and they cause most of the damage in an earthquake.

Jack Post 4

Hi Everyone,
Here is my cutaway diagram of the earth.

jake post 9

Hi class,
I just found a cool a web site that tells you how a earthquake is formed...


http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01424/how_do_earthquakes_form.htm

jake post 8

This is a picture of the village...

jake post 7

this graph caught my eye it, today i learn t about the mercalli scale, how the scientist use it , what it records when the earthquakes hits..
this is very interesting

mishai post 7

Here is my modified mercalli scale.

I have learnt that quakes can happen without anyone noticing, and some times they can kill people and knock down buildings.

Some buildings are designed and built to
stand up in most earthquakes.

mishai post 6

This is my Newcastle Earthquake journal entry. It is small, but I can't work out how to make the image bigger.

I have found out that sinkholes do not always happen because of an earthquake.

Jake, the website you asked about is www.geology110.com

If anyone is interested, there is a great interactive graphic on the abc website.

from Sam : the easiest way to get there is type abc news into your search engine, open the first post, scroll down the page to 'before and after'.

mishai post 5

The Xiaozhai tiankeng (sinkhole) is 626m wide and 662m deep.

I think sink holes are amazing and no-one knows they are there until ther is an earthquake.

Both images from google images, the one on the left is the world"s largest sinkhole. It is in China.

jake post 6

I had fun doing this activity I could see what the Earth could do when there were movement..

bye jake

Cameron post 4

Here are my ? and what I have learnt today

Does lava come out of a crack in the ground?

Can earthquakes make trees fall?

Can earthquakes kill people?

Can there be two earthquakes at the same time?

It can make a cat fall, for example off the chair.

How I can use a Mercalli Scale to do school.

I know how to protect myself in a earthquakes.

Jack post 3

Hi Everyone,

We measured it out and from our feet to that yellow thing is how tall the Japanese tsunami wave was.

Miss Wiencke post 2

Hey Everyone,

I thought this was fascinating! This is a map of all the earthquakes from the last 8 to 30 days (this map doesn't include any earthquakes from the last week).

Miss Wiencke

   
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Cameron post 3

Hi I got a web site you might like http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
From Cameron

jake post 5

here is my new castle page hope you like it...

mishai post 4

www.geology110.com

Today I learned about what makes earthquakes. The plates shift ,trap air, move again and shake the earth.

I also found out that earthquakes and volcanoes are found near each other.

jake post 4

jake's title page post 3

Here is my title page for my science Journal I would like to share with you all.
I did this using the computer .....they're are some great pictures on the computer in clip art ...have a look.
Jake

cameron post 3

What I think I know about earthquakes

The earth gets cracks in it and the earth shakes Earthquakes make lots of damage.

hurt lot of people and people get kill and it so sad

¨A whole city can get damage and stay a way from building if they a earthquake

it can make a wave of water
From Cameron

Cameron post 2

Here is my script.

mishai post 3

What I want to learn about earthquakes
•What causes earthquakes?
•Is there a connection between earthquakes and volcanoes?
•Why are there places that don’t have earthquakes?

www.earth.rice.edu

Earthquake scence stages

This is my city called Hulimera a Earthquake hit the city and made terrible destruction. I have drawn the 4 stages of a earthquake and what I understand can happen. I have mention under each picture what is going on. Hope you all like my drawings
Jake

Jack post 2

Hi Everyone,
Here is my stages of an earthquake drawing.

Jack post 1

Hi Everyone,

This picture was taken in Cristchurch and it is an example of how much the ground can move during an earthquake.

• 

This Earthquake is in western Saudi Arabia

• This Earthquake picture is awesome you can see the damage it has done to the hill...also can you see the size of the hole compared to the man if feel that this would have been a huge earthquake
  
• have a look at the web address below it was interesting to read peoples thoughts.
  

http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2009/06/earthquakes_continue_in_wester.php

Jake post 1

Hi evreyone
I finnally loged, in this looks cool...
cant wait


bye jake

Cameron post 1

HI
Here is a site and some images.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/inside-earthquake.html
from Cameron