Mineral Identification

Mineral Properties

Mineral properties are basically its luster, color, cleavage, and hardness. Luster tells us if whether the mineral is metallic or non-metallic. If the mineral breaks unevenly it has fracture or if the mineral breaks evenly then it has cleavage. Color of the mineral tells what color it has, but sometime its color is different than its streak. Cleavage tells us the shape of the mineral. Hardness of the mineral tells us how hard the mineral is which usually being measured by Moh Scale.

Reflection 

1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?

Probably I enjoyed every thing in this project especially finding out whether our hypothesis was right or not it was kind of fun and enjoyable.

2. What was the most challenging for you during this project and why?

Making the video was most challenging because there were many steps to fellow. It really was lot of work there was 5 minerals and each has at least three steps and it also was hard to give each of them subtitle.

3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?

I learned how to use iMovie at professional level also get to know how minerals are formed and their properties.

4.  Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.

I think I could hookup my video by adding music in it if have chance to and I also can be more specific describing minerals, more details because during project we had less time to work on video.

Shaking Our World

Plate Tectonic

                                        

Summary

The theory of plate tectonic is when the earth’s crust is broken into plates sections that pieces moves on top of the liquid mantle asthenosphere.This is also known as Theory of plate Tectonic. The Tectonic plates moves because of the rising and falling Convection Currents. Convection Current of hot and cold fluid going in a circular motion (the movement of the heat under crust as the heat move under crust it force plates to move away from other plates or to come toward it). The causes of the Tectonic plate as the plates move away the new Rift valley and Ridges formed  and when the plates move toward each other it create Volcanoes, Mountains. Plates in our planet moves because of the intense in the earth’s core that causes molten  rock in the mantle layer to move. This is called the convection currents.

Earth’s Interior

•            Lithosphere: Solid part of the Earth
•          Hydrosphere: liquid part of the Earth
•          Atmosphere:  Gases – Air 
•          Crust:  Solid thin outer layer of the Earth (There are two type of crust)
•          Oceanic Crust: Crust below the ocean
•          Continental Crust: The thick part of the earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
•          Mantle: Thick layer of the  earth below the cust (Made up of Molten Rock)
•          Asthenosphere: The lower layer of the crust
•          Density: The amount per unit size
•          Inner Core: Solid layer made up of Iron and Nickel (Hottest spot of the Earth)
•          Outer Core: Out part of the earth which contain liquid

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

  

Summary 

Earth has six core from inside to outside it is surrounded by Thick rocky Mantle and top with the thin Crust. The liquid Ocean make up the Hydrosphere. The rocky upper layer of the earth that makes up the plates is Lithosphere. Above the earth surface is Atmosphere. Earth center is extremely hot its temperature is same as sun surface it called Inner core. The liquid part of earth is Outer core. The Asthenosphere is the upper layer of the earth’s mantle with convection currents (which the plates slide). 

Faults

The fractures (a break) in the earth’s crust.

Summary

Faults form when rock is put under so much stress that it can no longer bend but break. Plates slide past one another moving in opposite direction. There are three types of Faults.

Normal:

          Rock move down

Reverse/Thrust:

          Rock move down

Strike slip:

          Rock slide past one another in opposite direction

Plate Tectonic

Summary 

The earth’s crust is broken into plates that float on the part of the Mantle this is also known as Theory of Plate Tectonic. The Tectonic Plates move because of raising and falling Convection Currents in the mantle it cause the slow movements in the plates. The plates move away from each other or toward each other.

Critical Thinking Question:

                                                 I agree with the theory of plate’s tectonics that the plates are divided into section (Broken into pieces).  Many evidence proved this theory such as Earthquake, Volcano’s & Mountain’s formation. The movement of these plate’s cause earthquake and the volcanoes also form when plates move on top of mantle and it allow magma to come out & and when these broken plate section move toward each other more dense plate go under and one toward sky creating mountains.

Reflection

1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?

One thing that I enjoyed was organizing all work for presentation and editing video (Narrative Video)

2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?

The most challenging during this project probably time management, because since we began our internship, we had less time to work on our project at school, and we was required to finish many thing at home.

3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?                                                                                                                                       I learn time management and it helped me to finish my work on time.

4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.                                                     Yes there are plenty of things I can improve such as Presentation and making my project more interesting. I had less time to finish this project I tried to finish soon as I can so I didn’t want how I did it because I was running out of time.

Rotation & Revolution

words	Native Language	Definition	Picture
Earth Axis	محور	An imaginary straight line passing through the center of the earth (also known as South pole & North pole).
Polaris	ستارہ	A bright star located in North it also known as Northern star, Earth axis always point at it.
Earth Tilt	جھکنا	Earth axis doesn’t go straight its tilted 23.5 Degrees.
Earth Equator/ Hemisphere	خط استوا	The line divides Earth into 2 Sphere. Earth has Two Hemisphere The Northern and The Southern.
Earth Rotation	گردش	The earth spin on it axis toward to the east and it takes 24 hours or 1 day to the single completion.
Time Zone	ٹائم زون	Any of the 24 regions of the globe. Time Zones are divided by the lines of longitude.
Orbit/Ellipse	مدار	To travel in a curved path around a larger object such as Earth, sun, etc. The path earth takes to revolve around sun is shape of Ellipse.
Earth Revolution	گھومنے	The movement of earth around the sun. Earth takes 356 days or 1 year to the single completion of an Orbit/Ellipse.

Summary:

                Earth Rotate on it Axis towards to the east once in 24 Hours. Earth axis is Tilted 23.5 degrees Earth axis always point to the Northern Star Polaris. The Equator is a line that divides the earth into two Hemispheres the Northern & the Southern. The earth Revolves around the sun in an Elliptical Orbit. Earth takes approximately 365 days or 1 year to the single completion of an Orbit/Ellipse.

                                     

                                     Video

Critical Thinking Question:
                                        The earth is affected by its movement. Earth has two types of motion Rotation & Revolution. Earth Rotates on its Axis as it Revolve around the sun the rotation takes 24 hours & 365 days to the single completion of an Orbit/Ellipse.The distance between sun and earth changes because the earth Revolves in an Elliptical shape as the earth revolves its get closer and further away from the sun it causes the Seasons & Tide & as earth rotate it causes Day & Night. When earth axis point to sun and get Direct sunlight its summer and when earth axis point away from the sun and get indirect sunlight its winter but when the sun light hit the Equator its Spring/Autumn. When Earth, Sun & Moon are at the Right angle it causes Neap Tide and when they are at straight line it causes Spring Tide.

Reflection

1.  What did you enjoy most about this project and why?

      I most enjoyed recording video one of the best thing in this project was editing video & that we was allow to put Instrumental of any music in the video.
2.  What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
      I think most challenging part was to organizing the video and time we had lot of work to do in less time time and also filming the video was another challenge because that time there was only two people me and Ibrahim and I was hard to speak and moving picture at the same time.
3.  What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
      I got to know how to use imovie, I learned lot of new things such as how this universe goes and I improved collaboration & speaking skills.
4.  Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
      If I were have any extra time I would Hook Up my video with many more funny & important Details.