Thursday 26th November 2015
The Quest for Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Earlier today, year 3
went on a dangerous
expedition to explore
deadly volcanoes and
earthquakes!
We had to answer lots
of questions and
demonstrate that we
knew the difference
between an active
and dormant
(sleeping) volcano.
We then got into a big circle and a
group of children sat in the
middle- they represented the
magma. As it got warmer, it rose,
came up and out of the volcano
and became lava.
Next it was time for the EXPEDITION! First stopEurope by plane to Southern Italy. Nicol was our
tour guide and told us about Mt Vesuvius before
we went on an archaeological dig in Pompeii.
After that we crossed the
sea by boat to Sicily to Mt
Etna. Unfortunately some
children were sea sick! We
learnt that Mt Etna has lots
of small eruptions and
blows smoke rings. Nicol
commented that, “It’s
smoking!”
Next stop- North America to Washington State to see Mt St
Helens where in 1980 there was a big eruption that left the
volcano looking like a giant had eaten a big chunk out of it!
Then we drove (4 in a car) to San Francisco where a major
earthquake occurred measuring 7.9 on the r Richter scale.
After that, our expedition took us to Chile in South America
where we learnt about the largest earthquake ever recorded- 9.5
on the Richter scale! We imagined how this would feel. Some of
us fell over!
Then we flew to Japan in Asia where in 2011 a huge earthquake
and tsunami cost the country over £100 billion to recover.
Last stop was the devastating tsunami in Indonesia on Boxing
Day.