Rumbling Into Amazing Earthquakes

Rumbling Into Amazing Earthquakes

By Student Bloggers: Jac, Nathan, Ruby, Adelyn, and Ava

Soil bounced out of the pan and fell on the table as Ruby tapped the pan violently with a wooden block. The reason why we were doing this project is because we were trying to see how an earthquake can affect earth's landforms and  surface. The supplies that we used were a tin foil pan. Then we put foam in the pan. After that we put soil on top of the foam. Finally, we put it on a surface where there would be a crack in between. Then Ruby started tapping the pan. Then suddenly something emerged! Was it a foam block? The block of foam was supposed to represent the tectonic plates. Then we all had a discussion about what happened to the model. In the discussion we were saying that the earthquakes can make new landforms like mountains, valleys, canyons, plateaus and hills. This was a fun learning activity that we wish we could do again.