Goodpasture STEM Lab students learned a lot about earthquakes in our two week study, "Shake, Rattle, and Roll!" Students learned basic geological information and earthquake vocabulary; types of faults; seismology research; and specifics about the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 - 1812 in Tennesse; 1906 San Francisco, California earthquake; and the Ancash, Peru earthquake of 1970.
Our Bible infusion was Acts 16: 26 --
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.
Students enjoyed a "slinky earthquake" demonstration showing how building engineering can greatly influence the outcome of a major earthquake. Younger students enjoyed a reading circle with EARTHQUAKE IN THE EARLY MORNING, #24 in the MAGIC TREE HOUSE series. This gave them an upclose look at the San Francisco earthquake, without too many graphic or scary details. Older students researched earthquakes with an activity from PHENOMENAL SCIENCE. They also viewed part of an excellent National Geographic, "San Francisco -- The Great Quake".
All students were thrilled with our newly acquired "Life-size Jenga" game! Students carefully removed and added blocks to the Jenga tower, re-enforcing engineering concepts previously learned, such as foundation, tension, compression, rotational force and EARTHQUAKE force. A special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Yount for building and donating the set to our STEM Lab! Also, a big congratulations to Mrs. Dudney's and Mrs. Whitman's class for an awesome record of 27 LEVELS of the game!
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| 2nd Grade Jenga Champs -- 27 levels! |
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| Isabelle carefully removes a block! |
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| Evie, checking for tension on the block! |
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| Scarlett!! |
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| Abbie thinks this one has too much tension to move! |
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| Look at Zack's concentration! |
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| Adding the next level can be challenging! |
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| Traci engineers her next move! |
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| The Mississippi River's channels changed after the Madrid Quakes of 1811 - 1812. |
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| Students being "THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI" and changing directions! |
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| They loved acting out this really amazing earthquake fact! |
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| Max pokes and prods to find the right one! |
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| Students are also learning to use the iPad camera and video as part of our technology arm of STEM! Good job! |
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| The tower is almost as tall as Julia! |
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| Michal's smile is awesome! She loved this! |
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| More Mississippi River action! |
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| And . . . it . . . fell . . . with . . . EARTHQUAKE FORCE!! |
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| Oh, well! We will try again! |
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| Gracie had never played Jenga before! She did well! |
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| Stone carefully adds the block to the top level! |
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| Brennan gets some coaching from Ethan! |
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| Students learned that the Madrid quakes were some of the strongest ever in North America! |
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| They had to be strong to change the Mississippi River!! |
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