July 25, 2011Geology Walk

Morningside ParkKIPP:STAR College Prep

8th Grade

Hypothesis: We think that the rocks come from the mountains that used to be on Earth during Pangea.

-The rocks contain several striations indicating their may be a variation of mineral in the rock.

-The rocks contain several different layers and some of those layers contain crystals.

-Some of the rocks closer to ground were covered in moss or plants.

-There are several faults in the rocks -The rocs are very cracked and rough -The rocks

Essential question: Where do the rocks in my neighborhood come from? Observations:

Where the rocks come from in your neighborhood?

Some of the rocks are broking in many pieces.

Some of the rocks are changing color from light color to darker color.

The rock are broken because of weathering.

July 27,2011 condition: cloudy and hotMorningside park site: first group

of rocks on the right side

Essential QuestionsQ: What evidence can be found to demonstrate the forces that shaped the rocks in your environment?

Observations: slopes were formed in the rocksthe cracks in the rocks show signs of weatheringmost of the rock was sedimentary, but part of the rock was metamorphic

Hypothesis: The large rock is made of smaller rocks that were joined because of applied pressure .

Conclusion: The sedimentary rock found was in the process of becoming metamorphic rock through heat and pressure. This shows that a portion of the rock was further in the process than the rest of the rock. It also proves my hypothesis incorrect.

Hypothesis: the curved groove was caused by

weathering

Photo 1 and photo 2

Date: 7/25/2011Location: Morningside parkSite 1 identification: on rocks right next to the pathConditions: warm, cool breeze, cloudyCreated by: Elijah McGee

Essential question: what evidence can be found to Demonstrate the forces that shaped the rocks in Neighborhood?

Observation: 1. a curved Groove 2. A rock with a long Deep hole3. Lots of erosion Went on during This time4. The hole could Have been made by people5. Ice may have made the rocks break apart

Essential Question : Where did the rocks come from?

Date: 7/26/11 Location: Morningside Park Site ID: There are basketball courts and a grass field by the rocksHypothesis: The rocks came from underground and were pushed up. The rocks were separated and were movedGroup members:Sadia Sylla , Geddes AlexanderLamine Diakite , Hassan AbdellaDaquan WilliamsObservation :1.Cracks from weathering2.Striations dispositioned from weathering3.Dispastioned by erosion4.May have formed underground5.Higher the rocks more soil

Field Journal

Location : Morningside Park (nears rocks) #22 #21 Conditions : Summer; windy and cloudy. Essential Questions: What evidenced can be found to demonstrate the

forces to shape the rocks in your environment? Observations: #1. Rocks have cracks. #2. The rocks have different

have colors. #3. Minerals of rocks , that make it sparkled. #4. There’s a slide going down the rocks. #5. There’s different types of lengths.

Hypotheses: Their might have been people (Natives Americans) that had animals that dented the rocks and made them different.

Duke By : Lisanna, Alejandra, Ashley R., Yayemama, Natalie.

July 25th, 2011.Identification : Walk straight to the park and go north, until you see rocks.

Essential Question :What evidence do I have of forces that helped formed the rock form

Date:7/25/11 location:Moring side park Site 1 Dentifaction Group members: Franklin .Liriano, Jaquay

stevens, ericka Huiracocha Hypotheses: The force of the water may

have been a possible force of rocks considening the dent of the rocks and how they look.

The rocks in the nabior hood came from the middle proterozic period.

Rock formations were on different levels. There’s indents in the rocks. There’s different shades of rock. There’s visible volcanic ash on rock. Holes and imprints are in the rock.

MORNINGSIDE ROCK INFO.

Observations: Water caused erosion to make the rocks and groove. Many marks and bends stayed after many years.

Date: 7/25/2011Location: Morningside ParkSite 1 Identification: next to the rock “slide”.Conditions: hot and humidGroup members: Chris, Tyrone, and Jason

Hypothesis: where the rocks came from was from evolution and from time to time they moved with the environments. Also when humans did not exist and earthquakes occurred daily in our neiborhood.

Essential question: Where did the rocks from your neiborhood come from?

Date: 7/27/11Location: Morningside ParkSite 1 identification: across from basketball court, on the rocks.Conditions: Hot, windyGroup Members: Fior, Melynda, & Essence

Essential Question: Were did the rocks in our neighborhood come from? The rocks in our neighborhood came from the Cambrian and Ordovician periods 500 million years ago .

Observations : shiny, rough, crystals, bumpy, and layers .Hypotheses: I think the rocks are

going to be different shapes and sizes because they all weren’t created at the same exact time . I also think that some rocks will have crystals because they’re intrusive rocks, and some will not have crystals because they’re extrusive rocks.

Date:7/25/2011Location: Morningside ParkSite 1 Identification: Kipp Star BBQCondition: MildGroup Members: Ajai,Kwesi, Jomar and Daniel

EQ: Where do these rocks come from?Observations: Eroding caused two rocks to separate.Plant roots causes rocks to crack.Unbroken rocks.Different shades of Sedimentary rocks.Moss in rocks.Hypothesis: These rocks come from eroding different shades of Sedimentary rocks.

Photo 1 Photo 2

Date: 7/25/2011Location: Morningside ParkSite 1 identification: Conditions: hot, slick, windy. Group members: Dante, Damani, Lloyd.

Essential Question: where do the rocks in our neighborhood come from?

Observations: 1. Changes in color.2. Bands of Rock.3. Metallic luster.4. Crystals. 5. Faults in the ground.

Hypotheses: The rocks in morning side park came from different times.The rock “slide” was made from an igneous intrusion after the fault.

7/25/2011 LOCATION: AT MORNINGSIDE PARK SITE 1: IDENTIFICATION CONDITION: SUNNY GROUP MEMBERS: GISELLE T., QUINYSE E., AND SHATAYSHA

Essential Question: Where did the rocks in our neighborhood come from?Observation: The hole is deep Smells like dirt The hole is in a rock and is surrounded by dirt

Plant=Pink at the top and purple at the bottom Plant is soft Smells leafy Hypothesis: We think the rocks came from smaller rocks

Date:7/25/2011Location: Morn ingside parkSite 1:Left of the basketball court on the rocks.Conditions: Hot and HumidGroup members: Rondell WigginsGisselle AbreuBrittany Boakye

Essential Question : What evidence can be found to demonstrate the forces that shaped the rock in your neighborhood?Observation :

-Their were decomposing things between the rocks cracks.- People are some what

responsible for rock evolution.

- Where people usually walk a lot on its smooth.

- There are crystals in the rock.

-On certain rock there were bands of white stripes.

Hypotheses:1. We think that most of

the changing of rocks were caused by People.

2. The rock cycle could have help to shape the rocks form.

Date :7/25/2011Location : Morningside ParkConditions : Cool and overcastGroup Members : Latay , Alexus , Sapphire , Kayana

Essential Question : What evidence can be found to demonstrate the forces that shaped the rocks in the neighborhood.

Observations : - Different shades on the rocks. - Pieces of rocks fell off because of erosion and weathering. - The rock looked burnt by natural causes or human species. - Crystals in the rocks .- Moss within the cracks of the crack of the rocks.

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Photo 2

Essential Question: Where do rocks in our neighborhood come from?

Observations: Igneous rock, holes in the rocks, natural minerals, human impact change the rock, life grows out the rock

Hypotheses: The rock was first formed at the bottom of the earth then was pushed out because of the fire.

Condition: The rocks condition is burnt and turning green because of the nature around them. The second picture the rocks condition is rough and has bumps.

Markanthony Bryant and Kevin Frye

7/27/11Site 1-Cross from the basketball court.Conditions: Hot, BreezyGroup members : Eddie, Saul, Isaiah, & Joseph.

Essential Question: What evidence can be found to demonstrate forces that shape the rock in our environment?-We can find intrusion & weathering and different properties that effected the rocks and caused the rock to split up.

1) Weathering2) Intrusion 3) Small Crystals 4) Hardness5) Sediments in rocks.

Hypotheses: When I was looking on the rocks, I was curious if weathering would take place because the rocks where broken in half. I ask the professor if I was correct and turned out I was right. It was weathering!

This is an rock formation of WEATHERING because it means temperate change & that’s how it formed.

This rock demonstrates and shows that this rock was a FAULT in the ground.

Location: Morningside Park- Rocks above grassConditions: Cloudy, Windy, slippery, and steep

Observations: moss weathers the rock on only one sideDifferent colors on one rock – minerals split certain

rocksHigher elevated rocks were darkerA dent in the rock from weathering

Hypothesis: the rocks were pressured and pushed up by tectonic plates.

Gravity and water erosion weathered down the rocks

WHERE DID THE ROCKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COME FROM?

SHALOM, LISANDRO, MATTHEW, TOUSSAINT, CALEB JULY 25, 2011

Essential Question: Where did the rocks in your neighborhood come from? • Observations: 1.The moss on the rocks changed the texture of the

rock. 2.The divisions in the rock changes color. 3. The moss was only on one of the rock. 4. A stream of run-off makes the rock darker. 5. Each layer was a different color.

• Hypotheses: 1. The rocks must have layers because over the years, dirt and minerals covered the rock then hardened and had its own color. 2. The rock layers change based on climates.

• July 25,2011• Location: Morningside Park• Site Identification: Rock by the

sidewalk to the stairs• Conditions: Windy, warm, and sunny• Group Members: Sharon, Jorge,

Jonathan, & Jae’len

Observation: The rock s are indented, silver color changes in certain areas, crater cut-outs in rocks, metamorphic rocks, different color striations, and growing plants in between cracks.

Hypotheses: Plants are widening the cracks every time they grow ,and do to weather changes all year long, the rocks over time begin to chip- off and erode.

Date:7/27/2011Location: Morningside ParkSite 1 Identification: Rocks above the parkConditions: Year long weather changes.Group Members: Breauna Fraser, Najwa Livigni, Aliyah Johnson, Coral Bello

Where did the rocks in your neighborhood come from ?