Recreating the Earth's Structure

Creation of our Earth Model

          For our performance task, we were asked to create a model of the earth's layers. Our creativity was surely tested in this task. We managed to cut through our "earth model" without ruining it. Although, I have to admit, it was quite messy and bits of styrofoam were flying everywhere. But no worries, we made sure to clean up after our own mess. Amidst all this, we were able to paint and label our earth model and learn more about the Earth's structure. We are able to identify the crust, mantle, inner and outer core. Our whole group had fun while creating our replica of the earth. Although we were messing around, I'm glad we finished it and I'm glad the whole group participated in the making of our product. I'm sure there are a lot more in store for us in the 4th and last quarter and all I hope is that we do great and that we continue having fun while we learn more things.

PALOMARA

Hard work pays off!

          The performance task that we did was very fun and knowledgeable! When we recreated the Earth along with it's layers, I learned more about the place I live and move around in. The crust, the mantle, the inner and outer core, the Moho distribution, the Lehman distribution, etc. I also learned about convections and other stuff and I had also bonded with my group! The performance task was easily created and it looks amazing, in my opinion. We didn't face any problems, except me almost getting paint splattered in my eyes, and because of that, it was much more easy and fun!

MARIANO

           The performance task that we did was quite amusing, I'm just glad that we finished and submitted it on time. This performance task wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for my group mates and especially Mr. Dolor guiding us all through it. Not only it was fun, but it was also enlightening, I learned so much about the differences of oceanic plate and oceanic crust and the other terms that has to do with the topic. I am really looking forward for another group activity like this since the school year is about to end. I just wanna say thank you to Mr. Dolor for helping us out, more power to you sir! God bless.

SALCEDO

Progress of our work

          The performance task sounds simple yet it was quite hard to do. We used a styrofoam ball as the representation of earth. First, we drew a line to guide us where to cut our styrofoam. Then I cut the line and removed the shape so that the crater will be used to represent the layers of the earth. It was quite fun removing the sliced part from the styro ball. After doing my part, I then moved on to finding the proper places of the labels provided by Mr. Dolor and I properly labelled our earth replica once it was painted and dried. In this activity, I learned about the layers of the earth and what each layer is made of. Mantle is made of ferro-magnesium silicate rocks. Outer core as molten nickel and iron. While the inner core is made of solid Iron and the deeper into the core that hotter it gets. The very core of the earth has a temperature of about 9000°c

GERONIMO

          Our performance task was quite simple. It was a  styrofoam that shows the layers of the earth. We painted it and made it look presentable so it would look like our own planet. My group mates took a lot of effort for this task just to make it more nice than the others'. Basically, this project gave me a lot of knowledge about the layers of the earth. I thought there were just 4 layers but I found out it has a lot more. I'm thankful for our teacher because he taught us about this kind of lesson. It was really fun making this project because it is easy and its not stressful. We also enjoyed the cutting and painting of the styrofoam even though we messed up in our classroom and we played with the small pieces of styro. I'm expecting more projects like this to come even though school is about to end.

*Laughs*

SARMIENTO

          We made a small replica of the earth. It shows the different parts of the layers. We labeled the crust, mantle, core and other different parts of the earth. The performance task was fun. It was quite messy but easy to make.The activity was fun and enjoyable. Our product turned out to look pretty good.

OASAN