geology20032

Summer Geology Institute 2003 (First Draft)

with Paul Doherty and Eric Muller

We'll explore the earth using activities displaying phenomena of geology, hydrology, and meteorology .

Here is a day-by-day plan: This plan is our first draft.

Day 1: Intro Welcome,

EM Describe rock in words. try to find mate

EM Timelines, history of timelines and personal timeline

PD Radioactive dating blocks coins

CM Kinesthtic astronomy

Day 2: Earth in General Density, Seismicity

Density: of planets

How do we know what's inside the earth.

EM salt oil lava lamp differentiation.

EM layer by colors

PD balls of oil in isopropyl,

PD shape of planets

PD spin a koosh

EM Earth walk

EM Wedges

Day 3: Seismicity

PD Slinky models
Iris Slinkies, Iris site

EM Whose fault is it?

EM P vs S books on rollers

reflection and refraction

bend light in a tank of water,

bend sound in CO2 exhibit or snack

CO2 balloon

EM echos

Hal's seimometer

Ground shakes light and mirrors

Seismometer at explo

EM posters earth cross section

Day 4: Save the Bay canoes and sloughs 10-3,

PD Boyle-ing water, boil water in a syringe by reducing pressure to Martian values.
PD Water Waves, measure them

PD Tide-o-matic, explore how tides are made.

Day 5: Share

Day 6: inner and outer core

EM wet dry ice
PD

Where's North?, hang magnets and they all hang in the same orientation.
Magnetic Poles, likes repel and unlikes attract, so why does the north pole of a magnet point north?

Magnetic Globe, explore the magnetic field of the earth.

Magnetic field of planets, images of planetary magnetic fields.

Magnetic Tape, use pieces of magnetic tape to model continental drift

Bits and bytes

Tien's clear can magnetization

wire jumprope magnetism

Linda's magnetic field activity

Liquid Litmus

ice crystal exhibit

sodium acetate solution crystalization.

freezer timing

rotation of inner core

Day 7: Mantle, convection

convection stuff,
inverted bottles
pie pan

silly putty

lithosphere, crust

EM mapping the mid atlantic ridge

spreading ridge, much depth, magnet

Jell-O volcano: Will come from Modesto

look at geysers

Pillow lava chocolate: Will come from Eric Muller

out polyurethane foam volcano

liz movies

Water Cycle Video, watch the video by Andre Zdravic and make a script for it.

beach river of sand

percent Oxygen in air

plan length of atmosphere bar

Day 8+ 9: hydrosphere atmosphere

electrolysis
water cycle video from video day

Settling Column

Air

Magnetic Atmosphere Model, stack magnets on a pencil to model the density of the atmosphere.

Skin size

air pressure

atmosphere bars

feeling pressure

coriolis, spinning water fountain

2L bottle coriolis fountain

coriolis on rotating table.

coriolis on momentum machine or chair

squirt guns

single ball water launcher.

fog chamber

Turbulent Orb Exploration

Day 10: presentations iron science teacher

Here are the explorations organized by topic.

Introduction

Dates timeline

Overview

Timelines

Earthwalk, seismic stuff, density

From the core to space

Inner core

CO2 in tygon, phase change due to pressure.

Outer core

magnetism

Linda's magnetic field mapping

liquid litmus

Paul's magnetism

P,S waves: pencil and book model of S waves not passing through a liquid.

Mantle

Olivine, Spinel transition, stick model of olivine with olives

Eric's convection activities

Lithosphere

plate spreading activity

paul's magnetized tape

silly putty rock model

Crust

Topo maps

Squeezebox,

Crayon Rock cycle,

Cake tectonics (optional)

Volcano, Jell-o

Montana squeeze box
Shake table

Velcro quake

pasta quake

Tien's earthquake structure walls

liquefaction

Hydrosphere

field trips

Atmosphere

Iron Bar

Vacuum in a bag

Magnetic atmosphere model

Coriolis effect

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