Planet Earth
A project designed for ES9 (3) Students
Name/s _____________________________________________________________________
This project topic is the planet Earth. You will follow the directions below to fulfill the
requirements for the best learning experience and grade. Check off the components as you
complete them. You will learn about the planet Earth and more about the variety of Web 2.0
tools that exist
Requirements: Fill in the circle as you complete the item
o All of the vocabulary in ES9 C2 Earth as a System (crust, mantle, core, lithosphere,
asthenosphere, mesosphere, plasticity, magnetism, gravity, system, atmosphere,
hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, ecosystem, carrying capacity, food web)
o Age of the Earth
o Composition: What is it made of?
o Dimensions
o Compositional Zones (crust, mantle, core)
o Structural Zones (lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere)
o Magnetism
o Gravity
o Earth systems
o Earth spheres (4)
o Earth’s energy
o Earth’s cycles
o Ecosystems
o Energy transfer
o Food chains
o Food webs
Web 2.0 tools… Follow these links to check them out
A lot of different Web 2.0 tools at these two
Cool Tool for Schools
Cool Tools for School
Animoto - Creating MTV-style videos
Glogster - Interactive online posters
Smilebox - 21st Century digital storytelling
Wordle - Creating word clouds
Bubbl.us - Brainstorming and creative thinking
Voki – Speaking avatars
VoiceThread - A collaborative, multimedia slide show
FlipSnack – Create a flip book from pdf files