Earthquakes – Part 2

Today we were talking about the Earth’s crust and the tectonic plates on it. We looked at the globe jigsaws and talked about the 2 types of tectonic plates and the ways they move.

           

Then we did an experiment.

We had a container and put 750ml of water in it. We had to find out how many ways we could make waves but not spill a drop of water on the table.

We found lots of ways…

  • move the container
  • move the table
  • blow on the water
  • stamping our feet

Which way do you think made the biggest waves?

 

 

 

We got some jellybeans and a teddy bear and dropped them into the water and watched what happened to the water.

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