Year 5 Earthquake Research Report

Research some major historical earthquakes and create a report about one.

Please include:

·         Title

·         What are earthquakes? Where do they most commonly occur?

·         Where did it happen? (county and continent, or ocean area, maybe a map if you have time)

·         When did it happen?

·         What was the Richter scale reading?

·         How far below the Earth’s surface did it happen?

·         Who was affected? (Were people hurt? Were there any fatalities?)

·         Describe the damage caused. (Did the earthquake create other issues?)

·         What could have caused the earthquake? (consider its geographical position in regards to tectonic plates)

·         Any other interesting or significant facts that you would like to include.                 

Please limit the report to two pages (including pictures).

DO NOT copy and paste any written information from websites.

You have two lessons to complete this task and print it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

EARTHQUAKES - Great Websites

Biggest earthquakes ever:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/the-10-biggest-earthquakes-in-recorded-history.htm


Live earthquake data: 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/





 
 

Fact!

The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus. It measured 132 metres high.

Fact!

There is enough salt in all the oceans around the world to cover ALL the land over 100 metres deep.

Fact!

Polar bears can run as fast as a dog and can jump nearly 2 metres high.

Fact

A cow's stomach has four sections. Some people say they have four stomachs. This helps them digest grass.
Animals with this special type of stomach are called ruminants.

Moo!

Fact!

A lightning bolt is 3 times hotter than the sun.

Fact!

It takes about 12 hours for food to completely digest.

Fact!

The Dead Sea is so full of salt, you can easily float on it without sinking.

Fact!

The femur (thigh bone) is the largest and longest bone in the human body. 

Glass Blowing

How big are you?

Click here to find out 


It will amaze you.

Fact!

There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car around the world four times. 

 http://www.sciensational.com/

Fact!

Gold and copper are the only two coloured metals. All the rest are considered 'white'.

Fact!

If you stretch out your arms to the side as far as you can, the fingertip to fingertip length is almost exactly the same as your height.

Fact!

The burning sensation we get from chilli peppers is because of a chemical called Capsaicin.

I wonder where capsicums get their name from? 

Fact!

Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms, that's a normal person jumping over 200 metres in the air. 

Fact!

Pluto is no longer considered a planet. It is now known as a "Dwarf Planet". 
Poor little Pluto!

Fact!

What do many scientists believe is the greatest invention ever?

Click here

Is that what you were thinking? This item has made life much cleaner and has helped prevent the spread if nasty germs.

Fact!

If 100 drops of water represented all the water on Earth, only 1 of these drops would be drinkable (and maybe not even clean).
97 of the drops would be sea water, and 2 of them would be icebergs. 

Fact!

It takes only 17 muscles to smile while taking 43 muscles to frown.

The Oldest Living Thing

Trees live much longer than any other type of plant or animal. In fact it’s possible to know the age of a tree by counting the rings in its trunk (each ring generally means one year).

 

The oldest living tree and hence one of the oldest known living things on Earth is a bristlecone pine tree located in California, USA. It’s actually over 4600 years old, now that's old.

http://www.science-facts.com

Website of the Week

This is an amazing website. It shows us the size difference of many things on our planet and in space.

Click the link below:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html

The smallest bird in the world

At just 5cm long and 2g in weight the smallest bird in the world is none other than the Bee Hummingbird. Found mainly in Cuba and also holding the record for the smallest egg in the world these guys are tiny.

Like all hummingbirds they can fly not only forwards but also backwards, up, down and even just hover. Their small size and amazing flying skills mean they’re experts at moving from flower to flower collecting nectar and even small insects. In fact they’re so good at flying (some visiting as many as 1500 flowers a day) that they don’t even walk anymore and only use their feet for perching.

Now in order to maintain such flying control there’s one skill we haven’t touched upon yet, and that’s their ability to beat their wings at up to 80 times per second. That’s so fast that humans can only see the wings moving as a faint blur. Now that’s quick!

Source: http://www.science-facts.com/554/smallest-bird-in-the-world/

 

Fact!

Europa, Jupiter’s moon, is completely covered in ice.

Dinosaur Fossils

How are fossils formed?

What happened?

Look at this picture of Wave Rock in Western Australia. How did it get to be this shape?

 

Fact!

The Sun, made mostly of helium and hydrogen, has a surface temperature of 6000 degrees Celsius.

Your oven at home heats to about 300 degrees Celsius.

Fact!

It takes 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach us on Earth.

Fact!

Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.

Amazing Shadow Puppets

Why are shadows possible?

Because light only travels in straight lines.

Sun and Earth in perspective

How big is the Sun compared to Earth and other stars?

Earth, Sun and Moon System