Monday, December 6th, 2010

Last week in Science we discussed types of changes to the Earth, both fast and slow changes. In groups each student was given one of five types of fast changes to become an expert on and then shared with their group members. The first was a volcano, followed by earthquakes, floods, landslides, and lastly tsunamis. This week in Science we will begin discussing sedimentary rocks, fossils and paleontologists.

Sedimentary rocks sometimes form layers like this:

Fossils can be remains of plants and animals or traces and imprints of plants and animals.

A paleontologist is a scientist who studies once living things.

Today in the computer lab you watched two videos on brainPOP. You watched natural disasters and types of rocks. In your blog response answer the following questions...
1. what type of fast change did you study in your group, tell me one thing you learned about it. If you were absent write absent.
2. tell me one thing you learned about natural disasters from brainPOP
3. tell me one thing you learned about types of rocks from brainPOP

4. what are the three major types of rocks?