This document describes a science lab activity where students model tectonic plate boundaries using snacks. It involves constructing models of divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries using graham crackers, fruit roll-ups, and frosting. The objectives are to model plate interactions and geological events like mountain building and volcanoes.
This document describes a science lab activity where students model tectonic plate boundaries using snacks. It involves constructing models of divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries using graham crackers, fruit roll-ups, and frosting. The objectives are to model plate interactions and geological events like mountain building and volcanoes.
This document describes a science lab activity where students model tectonic plate boundaries using snacks. It involves constructing models of divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries using graham crackers, fruit roll-ups, and frosting. The objectives are to model plate interactions and geological events like mountain building and volcanoes.
This document describes a science lab activity where students model tectonic plate boundaries using snacks. It involves constructing models of divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries using graham crackers, fruit roll-ups, and frosting. The objectives are to model plate interactions and geological events like mountain building and volcanoes.
OBJECTIVES: 1. Construct models of Earth’s tectonic plates and observe interactions of the plate boundaries, along with how the lithosphere and the asthenosphere relate; and 2. Use models to describe how tectonic plates cause major geological events such as: ocean basins, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building.
MATERIALS: 2 squares of graham cracker Frosting (All Purpose Cream) Paper Towel 2 squares of fruit roll up 4 – 5 pcs. Paper Plates 1 Plastic cup 1 cup of milk 1 plastic knife/ spoon
PROCEDURE:
SCIENCE 10 20 | P a g e DATA AND RESULTS: Figure 1: Divergent Plate Boundary Divergent means Frosting represents Fruit Roll Ups represent Sketch here what your food looks like after you created this type of boundary. Label your drawing as to what each item represents in terms of Earth layers or process of plate tectonics. Use these words: asthenosphere, oceanic crust, divergent plate boundary.
When divergent plates pull apart, how is new crust being made?
SCIENCE 10 21 | P a g e Figure 2: Convergent Plate Boundary Convergent means Frosting represents Fruit Roll Up represents Graham Cracker represents
Sketch here what your food looks like after you created this type of boundary. Label your drawing as to what each item represents in terms of Earth layers or process of plate tectonics. Use these words: asthenosphere, oceanic crust, continental crust, convergent plate boundary.
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide, one plate goes under another. Explain why the process of subduction occurs.
Figure 3: Convergent Plate Boundary
Frosting represents Graham Crackers represent Sketch here what your food looks like after you created this type of boundary. Label your drawing as to what each item represents in terms of Earth layers or process of plate tectonics. Use these words: asthenosphere, continental crust, convergent plate boundary.
SCIENCE 10 22 | P a g e In our model, the wet edges of the cracker buckled or folded. What geological event does this buckling mimic?
Why do you think this event occurs in real life?
Figure 4: Transform Plate Boundary
Frosting represents Graham Crackers represent Sketch here what your food looks like after you created this type of boundary. Label your drawing as to what each item represents in terms of Earth layers or process of plate tectonics. Use these words: asthenosphere, continental crust, transform plate boundary.
What happened to the dry edges of the cracker?
How is this model like what happens in an earthquake?
SCIENCE 10 23 | P a g e GUIDE QUESTIONS: 1. How does a model help us understand plate movement?
2. How do the movements of tectonic plates cause geological events?
CONCLUSION:
APPLICATION: 1. Where is it possible to see a divergent boundary without having to go to the mid-ocean ridges?
2. What evidence do scientists have that verify that indeed the Earth’s plates are spreading at the mid-ocean ridge?
3. In general, where on Earth are the subduction zones located?
4. Where there are subduction zones, oceanic plate is being added into the magma of the mantle. What happens to the excess magma that is created?
SCIENCE 10 24 | P a g e 5. Along the western edge of California is a transform fault called the San Andreas fault. Look at the diagram of this feature below and explain what will eventually happen in relation to points A and B on the map.
