Can icecream wafers and caramel syrup help us understand plate tectonics?

Kia ora,

We are learning how tectonic plates can behave when they are near each other and how powerful they are. Here is  a picture of us experimenting with ice cream wafers. Here you see how one huge slab of rock (tectonic plate) can slide underneath another one. This was great experiment because we got to eat everything at the end.

         

Structure of the Earth

Structure of the Earth Facts

We are learning about the structure of the Earth.

I learnt that the Earth is made up of 4 layers. They are:

Facts about each layer:

Crust - the crust is the first layer of the earth and is the thinnest - 8-40kms thick.

Mantle - the mantle is made up of rock and tis he thickest layer. It is soft and squishy and very hot.

Outer Core -the outer core is up to 4000-6000'C and liquid rock

Inner Core - inner core is pressured by the other layers so it turns into a solid ball even though it is really hot too.

Our group - Ellie and Sydney-Rose

First we created a 3D image of the earth using …..

We then cut the shape in half to show the different layers. After waiting for it to dry, we identified each layer by painting them in different colours.

Below are some pictures of our work.