MRS. PARKER’S

5TH GRADE

GEOLOGY WEB QUEST

THE COOL THING ABOUT

GLACIERS!

YOUR CHALLENGE:

A. INTRODUCTION: WHILE TAKING A WALK IN THE WOODS ONE FINE DAY, YOU STUMBLE UPON A HUGE BOULDER THE SIZE OF YOUR HOUSE. BEING THE GOOD SCIENTIST THAT YOU ARE, YOU IMMEDIATELY START TO ASK YOURSELF SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ENORMOUS ROCK. HOW DID IT GET HERE? CLEARLY, YOU NEED TO DO SOME INVESTIGATION. YOU ASK YOUR TEACHER, MR. KNOWITALL, AND HE SAYS “IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CHARLOTTE WHALE!”

B. THE CHALLENGE: DO RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE CHARLOTTE WHALE AND HOW IT CAME TO BE IN VERMONT. TRY TO DISCOVER HOW THE CHARLOTTE WHALE IS CONNECTED TO THE GLACIERS AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. HOW DID A WHALE GET TO VERMONT?

2. WHAT ARE GLACIERS?

3. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF GLACIERS ON THE LAND?

4. WHAT ARE THE LAND FORMS THAT GLACIERS MAKE?

5. WHERE CAN WE SEE THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF GLACIERS IN VERMONT?

6. WHAT IS THAT HUGE BOULDER YOU SAW IN THE WOODS CALLED?

2. YOUR JOURNEY: STARTING YOUR SEARCH

1. TO GET MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THESE SITES:

http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/

http://www.uvm.edu/whale

http://www.asf.alaska.edu:2222/

http://geology.uvm.edu/geodept/ugradwww/glacier/intro.html

http://www.nides.bc.ca/assignments/rocks/glaciers/.htm

2. TO GET EVEN MORE INFORMATION, USE THESE KEY WORDS WITH A SEARCH ENGINE OF YOUR CHOICE:

GLACIERS

GLACIAL LANDFORMS

GEOLOGY OF VERMONT

CHARLOTTE WHALE

GLACIAL ERRATICS

http://www.uvm.edu/whale//GlaciersHowFrequent.html

WRITE DOWN YOUR FINDINGS AND ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS

PUT YOUR WORK IN YOUR SCIENCE BINDER

For questions or comments please email me at Sara.Kunkel@uvm.edu