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Name ______________________________________________________ Date ______________ Period ____
Earth Systems Project
(20 minute Class room Presentation)
Groups will be assigned to research the following topics and present the information to the class in two weeks.
Posters, video clips, computer slide shows, demonstration, and Models can be used to enhance presenting the
topic to the class. A paper on your topic will be required. One page on each area you are to cover. References
will be required and information from the class earth systems books will be needed. Most of the researching will
be done in the class using the classroom sets of books. Each person in the group will be graded on their
participation in the group and work contributed in the project. There will be both a group and individual grade.
400 pt A
An outstanding presentation with visual aids. Clear and loud voices. Each person presented a
part. Very interesting and very detailed. Very professional looking. Included a Clear Outline with
definitions, pictures, illustration, and clear explanations of their topic. Full 20 or more minutes.
325 pt B
Very Good Presentation. Visual was basic. Most members of the group presented a part.
Included a clear outline and information (no pictures or drawings) All around good presentation.
12-15 minutes
250 pt C
Basic Information about the topic, “Pencil”, “Unfinished”, “ Cut and Paste”, or “Essay type”
poster. Not everyone did a part. Not talking loud enough. Okay presentation. Outline - no title or
reference pages, short, and unclear. 12-20 minutes long.
0 / 180 pt F Hard to follow, no visual aids, didn’t look like they understand or knew the information. 0-20
minutes. Outline is not clear - lists of words with no definitions, no pictures, no drawings, no title
page, no references, and looks like it has been copied word for word. Obviously Only 1 person
doing the project (and that one will receive a grade and others will receive a zero.) Not
interesting and hard to sit through the presentation. Individual grade only.
Group #1
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Group #8
Volcanoes / Earthquakes (Everything about both Volcanoes and Earthquakes.)
Mountains and land forms. (Geosphere)
Earth - Lithosphere (land and inside the earth), Hydrosphere (Oceans, lakes, rivers, etc..),
Atmosphere layers.
Fossils/ Early Human Effects / Fuels / Geological Time Period / Theories / Rock Cycle
Water Cycle / Rock Cycle / Carbon Cycle / Nitrogen Cycle
Energy - Solar / Water (Hydro) / Wind / Nuclear / Geothermal Energy / Mechanical / Food
Webs
Biome Types / Adaptation of species
Food Webs / Ecosystems
My grous Topic is:
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My Presentation is Due:
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My Partners are:
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Group #1
Volcanoes / Earthquakes (Use the Earth Systems Books about Volcanoes and Earthquakes.)
1.
Describe the different types of Volcanoes, where they are in the world, eruption types Fast, explosive or slow and non violent, lava flows. What is happening with volcanoes
today?
2.
Areas of Volcanoes and Earthquakes - What is the Ring of Fire? What is happening to
volcanoes under the ocean? Are there many active volcanoes?
3.
Earth quakes - faults, stresses, moving, predicting, safety, preparing for one, Utah’s
earthquakes, and future earthquakes. How do they happen? Epicenter / S -P - L Waves.
4.
Talk about Mt St Helen’s and Hawaiian Volcanoes similarities and differences.
Group #2
Mountains and land forms. Geophysics (Use the Earth’s Changing Surface & System books )
1.
Describe each type of mountain - folded, block, etc... How they are formed? Old
smooth mountains land forms and new jagged ones. Glacier carvings of mountains verses
stream formed mountains. Where are the located? Highest and oldest, newest, and
longest. How does water cut into rock or form stream beds?
2.
Draw, label, and map the US map with - land various land forms - plains, mountains,
plateau, cliffs, valleys, caves, and others. How are rocks formed - sedimentary and
metamorphic? How does gravity effect land forms? What are Mudflows, Slumps,
Landslides, Sinkholes, and Creep. What do you see around here in Utah?
3.
Land formation changes due to - Weathering due to wind, snow, ice, and water, animals,
mechanical, chemical, organisms, and humans. Tell us about the different erosion and
deposition types. How is soil made? What is soil? Is there Life in soil or is soil living?
What are the different soil types?
4.
Describe different types of Mapping of the mountains and land forms and
Topographic Mapping
Group #3
Earth - Lithosphere (land and inside the earth), Hydrosphere (Oceans, lakes, rivers, etc..),
Atmosphere layers. (Use the Inside the Earth and Earth Systems books)
1.
Describe the interior layers of the earth - names, matter type, temperatures, mineral
make-up, thickness, etc... Convection Currents inside the earth that move the plates.
Gravity source and purpose.
2.
Plate tectonics - theories of this / Pangea / Today’s movements / Future movements.
Longitudinal and Latitude lines. Describe the Divergent, Convergent, Plate boundaries,
and Ocean Floor Spreading, and Subduction movements of the crust. What is happening
here in Utah? What type of evidences agrees with this theory?
3.
Hydrosphere - What is it and how much of the earth is the hydrosphere - Explain the
Water Cycle. Human influences and pollution.
4.
Atmosphere - Describe the Layers of the Atmosphere and Clouds Types. Greenhouse
Effects, Pollution, and Global Warming.
Group #4
Fossils/ Early Human Effects / Fuels / Geological Time Period / Theories / Rock Cycle
(Use the Earth’s Changing Surface & different Earth Systems Books to gather the information)
1.
Fossils - Types, Fuels, How it was created, Renewable Fuels, Non-renewable fuels,
Human Impact on Fossils / Fuels. Dating Rock Ages. Gaps in Geological Records.
2.
Describe the Geological Time Periods and what happened in each period. How do you
know this information. Show the time period and explain each era. Rock Layering.
Explain the changes, unconformities, and rock layers. Explains Eras, Periods, and Epochs.
3.
4.
Theories about the changes in geological Time periods are seen in this different ears.
What are some theories to explain the extinction of species or when species evolved and
how they evolved into the species of today. Explain the evidence of Utah Valley being
under water - Lake Bonneville area)
Draw and describe the Rock Cycle and how the matter changes from Igneous Rock to
Sedimentary rocks and Metamorphic Rocks. Explain the erosion, weathering, sediments,
melting, pressure, and other effects that change the rock types.
Group #5
Water Cycle / Rock Cycle / Carbon Cycle / Nitrogen Cycle
(use all the different earth systems books including your science book)
1.
Explain each step of the Water Cycle and add other effects water does on the earth Rock Cycle, Carbon Cycle (released from the rocks), and Nitrogen Cycles (in the
decomposition of decayed material) that involve the Water cycle. Show the
interconnection between them. Be Creative. Start with the water cycle and add the other
cycles to it.
2.
Water effects on the earth’s crust, soil, and erosion. Describe what is - runoff,
Abrasion, Slope, Streambed Shape, turbulence, glaciers and their effects on the land,
glacial deposits, glacial Land forms (pg 92-92 ECS), Ice Ages, Waves, and land forms
from waves.
3.
Draw and explain each individual cycle - Carbon, Nitrogen, Water, and Rock.
4.
Show the chemical reactions in the interconnections - (remember Water H2O + CO2 =
C6H12O6 - process of photosynthesis - connects Carbon and Water cycles)
Group #6
Energy - Solar / Water (Hydro) / Wind / Nuclear / Geothermal Energy / Mechanical / Food
Webs (Use the Environmental book & Earth’s Changing Surface)
1.
Explain how energy is transferred between the different energy forms (ex. Food Webs Solar energy helps the plants grow, plants feed the herbivores, and provide energy for
mechanical energy.) Be creative and notice how the energy of matter is transferred in
many chemical reactions and energy exchange.
2.
Show how the energy is transferred between the different forms individually and then
how the overlap and connect. Start with the solar energy.
3.
Draw the different cycles individually. Label and explain each sequence. On the Food
Web include - decomposers,
producers, and predators.
4.
Explain how the energy is used to create more energy and the cycle is endless. How can
we create new energy sources? How are landfills made and could we use the heat created
by one?
Group #7
Biome Types / Adaptation (use the Ecology Book pg 76 - 166, 370 - ?))
1.
Describe the 7 different types of Biomes - Grasslands, desert, mountain - etc...
2.
Describe the species, vegetation, temperature, location, and descriptions of each biome.
Explain what succession is and how it works after a flood or volcano.
3.
How well do species adapt in the environment if something changes or they change
biomes. So some examples of what would happen to species from opposite biomes were
to be transplanted into a new biome - ex. Rainforest monkeys to dry desert areas in
Africia. (Change one of more things like - temperature, dryness, food sources - ex.
Anteater in Alaska.)
4.
What are some Adaptations some species have had to go through to survive. What
impacts them the most to fail to survive, What is the easiest adaptations to survive. If our
environment were to become very hot and little water - would we survive - what would we
look like if we had to adapt? (Evolution of the Elephant on pg 111 - Earths Changing
Surface.)
Group #8
Food Webs / Ecosystems / Biosphere (use the environmental, ecology, and science books)
1.
Explain and draw a few types of food webs. Include the prey, predators, and producers.
Explain the Energy and Matter pyramid. Include Photosynthesis, decomposition, and
2.
Explain the different Ecosystems. Describe populations, community, ecosystems,
species Habitat, Niche, Territory, Space, Capacity, Competitor, Predation, Prey, Predator,
Comsumer, Decomposer, Symbiosis, Mutualism, Parasitism, Host, Commensalism, and
relationships between them.
3.
Explain how humans impact ecosystems, food webs, and Biospheres. Include ecological succession, climate, biosphere, pollution, etc.....
4.
Explain how all three interconnect or interrelate to one another. And how they effect
populations of species, food webs, supply and demand for food, energy use.