Hi Super Scientist!

Your job is to go outside and be science investigators or in this instance GEOLOGIST. You are to go out and find examples of weathering, erosion, mass wasting taking place in our surroundings. You may also include examples of crustal change that have occurred. Take pictures of your findings and record the location and type of weathering, erosion, or mass wasting taking place.

DIRECTIONS

  1. You will receive 2 point for each correctly identified, labeled photo up to 20 points total.
  2. Neatness and effort are included as part of the point total; hence, sloppy or haphazard projects will not be considered for extra credit.
  3. PHOTOS MUST BE YOUR OWN!! There are plenty of good examples in the Youngsville/Louisburg/Franklinton area.
  4. There are 4 different ways you can display your findings
    1. POSTER: Mount the pictures onto a ridgid background (poster or science fair board) and full label each photo with a brief explanation of what is taking place at that particular location.
    2. POWERPOINT: Past your digital pictures in POWERPOINT and create a SLIDESHOW.
    3. SLIDE.COM: This is for my lovers of the cool gadgets on the Internet. You can upload your digital photos to www.slide.com (must create an account) and then create a cool slideshow that you can add music too, special effects, and borders and MORE!
    4. VIDEO:  If you always wanted to be a music producer, you can use your video camera to record your findings and then EDIT and CREATE a masterpiece that takes us along your VOYAGE.  You can use Window Movie Maker (to edit your video you created) or Windows PhotoStory (to narrate over your digital picture and add cool special effect)
  5. To get FREE tutorials on SLIDE, WINDOW MOVIE MAKER, OR PHOTOSTORY..click on your choice

What to look for:

Evidence of weathering:

  • plant growth
  • ice wedging (freezing and and thawing)
  • oxidation (rusting)
  • carbonation (carbon dioxide..usually weathering of marble or limestone..Graveyards)
  • Living Organism (lichens and moss)

Forms of erosion:

MAKE SURE THAT EACH PHOTO IS COMPLETELY EXPLAINED WITH THE TYPE OF PROCESS YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO DEMONSTRATE!!
NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR PHOTOS THAT ARE MISLABELED OR DO NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFY THE PROCESS TAKING PLACE.

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