Triassic

Did you know it was very hot and dry in the Triassic? Today it was dry but it was cold. Brrrr!!!!

Did you know that climates became more seasonal during the Paleogene Period?  I saw some snow today.

An igneous rock can have a glassy surface, mostly in dark colors, can have gas bubbles.For example like granite, basalt, or obsidian.
Alli

I learned that in our area in the country there are a lot of limestone and sandstone which are sedimentary rocks.

I learned that my grandma has a marble floor in her home and marble is a metamorphic rock.
Alli

Sediment

There is sediment in the Pacific Ocean at my grandma's house because you can see small, sand particle and rocks in the water.  For example, when I filled a bucket with ocean water, all of the sediment settled to the bottom of the bucket.

I bought a geode at Yellowstone.  It must be a metamorphic rock, because when I broke it open it had purple crystals in it.

Earthquake lines

Illinois sits on an earthquake fault line. Because of this, we may feel very small earthquakes if we are still enough.  For example, my mom said when she was in high school the pictures started rattling on the wall at night and the next morning she heard on the radio that there was a small earthquake by her house! I think we are near a transform boundary.

Old Faithful

Geysers like Old Faithful, have molten rocks deep in the earth, that heat the rocks and water all the way up to the Earth's surface and because of all this heat, water boils out of the surface under alot of pressure. For example, when we were at Yellowstone, we saw Old Faithful shoot boiling hot water out of a hole!  It was cool.

Grand Canyon

Because the Grand Canyon is made up of mostly limestone, you can see the layers of sedimentary rock that have formed.  For example, a picture I saw showed several layers of reddish brown rock all the way down as far as your eye can see.

Humans, plants, and animals are biotic because they need water and food to survive
-chloe s.

Rocks are abiotic
-chloe s.

Humans wear shorts to adapt to warm weather -chloe s

Pop or soda is an amount in an object that is measured in liters (like a 2 liter pop bottle) -chloe s.

A bear makes a winter coat to adapt to cold weather -chloe

Humans use air conditioners to adapt to the hot summer.

Humans wear warm hats and gloves to adapt to the cold weather.

Biome Bonanza!

Frogs

I find frogs in my window well at home because they like to burrow themselves in the ground.

Miami Ecosystem

I just saw on Animal Planet an ecosystem in Miami where a habitat that was home to a snake was changed into a farm and the snake had nowhere to live so it was caught and caged. Later it was released far away.

Xavier, I reposted this from your comment below to an actual post! :)

My soccer shoelaces are 114 cm long!

Smarties from the Halloween candy we will give out equals 510 grams
-Alyssa T

My shampoo says it was not tested by animals. :)

My favorite part of this science unit was the metric prefixes. I just found out I was 143 centimeters tall.

I fount a ruler measured in cm!

My watch can go 50m underwater without breaking.=}evan7th hour. science rules

I found a 2 Liter pop bottle measured in volume...no need for wafting

People drawings

Great job showing the expectations!

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