Now that you know the basics of the Earth's crust and how/why it moves, it's time to show what you know. Today you are going to create a flowchart that that details the steps of an earthquake from the first plate movement to any possible effects after the shaking stops.
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What is a flowchart?
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A flowchart is basically exactly what it sounds like. It means that you chart the flow, or the order, of some event or thing.
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For example: Say you were asked to create a flowchart for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You wouldn't just say, "Put the peanut butter and jelly on the bread." If you did that, you may find two jars placed on a loaf of bread. You need to be specific about the flow. Step 1: Put the jar of peanut butter, the jar of jelly, and the loaf of bread next to each other a flat surface. --> Step 2: Carefully open the package for the loaf of bread and pull out two pieces of bread. Then close the package again and put the loaf of bread away. --> Step 3...
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See?
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Now you can simply write all this out OR you can use a program like Inspiration to create a graphic chart with arrows, boxes, and bubbles to make your chart more appealing and, more importantly, easier to read. We can all agree that reading a list on a page is sometimes much harder than seeing graphics that take you from one point to the other.
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You are required to address all of the important points of the sequence. If you get finished early, you may play around with the fonts, add images, and play around to get your chart to be the easiest to read while also containing the most information.
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Warning! The more factual details you can provide, the better your score. So don't play around with all the "cool gadgets" until after you are absolutely sure that you have provided all the different points along the sequence of events.
.
What is a flowchart?
.
A flowchart is basically exactly what it sounds like. It means that you chart the flow, or the order, of some event or thing.
.
For example: Say you were asked to create a flowchart for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You wouldn't just say, "Put the peanut butter and jelly on the bread." If you did that, you may find two jars placed on a loaf of bread. You need to be specific about the flow. Step 1: Put the jar of peanut butter, the jar of jelly, and the loaf of bread next to each other a flat surface. --> Step 2: Carefully open the package for the loaf of bread and pull out two pieces of bread. Then close the package again and put the loaf of bread away. --> Step 3...
.
See?
.
Now you can simply write all this out OR you can use a program like Inspiration to create a graphic chart with arrows, boxes, and bubbles to make your chart more appealing and, more importantly, easier to read. We can all agree that reading a list on a page is sometimes much harder than seeing graphics that take you from one point to the other.
.
You are required to address all of the important points of the sequence. If you get finished early, you may play around with the fonts, add images, and play around to get your chart to be the easiest to read while also containing the most information.
.
Warning! The more factual details you can provide, the better your score. So don't play around with all the "cool gadgets" until after you are absolutely sure that you have provided all the different points along the sequence of events.
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