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Oceanography
Earth Model
Task: Make a creative model of Earth working in groups of three. Include labels and information that you
will present to the class.
Materials: You are responsible for bringing your own materials. Be creative and keep it inexpensive.
Things to include in your model:
-Convection, core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, mesosphere, lithosphere, outer core, inner core,
plates,
-Physical characteristics (information on thickness, composition, density, temperature), plate
boundaries)
Questions to answer:
1. How deep have people gone into the Earth?
2. What are the limiting factor for understanding the inside of the Earth?
3. How do we know all these things about the inside of the Earth?
Grading
Self
1. Model is accurate and includes items listed above………………___/5
2. Model is appropriately labeled and questions are addressed…..…___/5
3. Model is creative………………………………………………….___/5
4. Group works together……………………………………….….....___/5
5. Model and labels are neat………………………………………...____/5
Teacher
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Total--------------------------------------------------------------------------____/25 _____/25
Images to help you develop you model: