Fifth graders are learning all about tetonic plates!
So we thought a little hands on demonstration
of what happens at different plate boundaries would be helpful.
ENTER Whipped Cream and Graham Crackers.
The whipped cream served as our asthenosphere or magma
and the graham crackers could serve as our lithosphere.
We learned about convergent, divergent, and transformative plate boundaries
and tested out all of these with our materials.
Check out our Mid-Atlantic Ridge
This is a divergent plate boundary.
During these experiments we learned that convergent plate boundaries could cause tsunamis and transformative plate boundaries can cause earth quakes.
