13th February (T2T Medina del Campo)

4º ESO Geology

The lesson starts when Raquel divided the class into four groups and distributed four rocks to each group. The particular features of such rocks speak for themselves and the students had to observe and explain what they saw. They were given two minutes to think and they guessed the answer correctly. The conclusion we reach is that we live in a beautiful planet we should take care of.

Next, Raquel displayed several pictures on the whiteboard and we travelled to different parts of the world: Iceland, Lanzarote, Zumaya, Giant’s Causeway (Ireland), Hawaii, San Andreas Fault, Mount Everest and Andes Mountains. The geological features of such amazing places make them be one of a kind and the students concluded we live in a dynamic planet.

Finally, she asked the students to think of methods which help us to study the Earth’s Internal Structure. In order to understand the seismic method, they put on a kind of performance to understand how P and S wave particles work.

I really enjoyed the class as well as the students. She managed to engage them/us in the explanation due to the wide variety of activities provided.

RITA MARÍA RABANAL