caumsett state park plainedge middle school math & science field trip
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Caumsett State Park
Plainedge Middle School
Math & Science Field Trip
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Our mascot: JACK!
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Caumsett is a great place for Earth Science students to look at some hefty rocks!
(And in tribute to two people who no longer work at Plainedge but worked tirelessly years ago to create this field trip experience)
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Caumsett is a great place to study geology…
So wear protective shoes!
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BUS ACTIVITY! Landscape Scavenger Hunt
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You and a partner will be plotting on a map where you find the
following things during our trip:
•Hills•Flat land•Valleys
•Big Rocks•Ponds
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Plainedge Middle School
Caumsett State Park You will be
keeping track of changes in the landscape along our route!
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Station 1: THE CLIFF
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The Cliff is really high…
…even to Mr. Kowalik!
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The cliff is eroding…due to the effects of
GRAVITY
Which is helped out by the motions of wind and water
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Where was this
tree a few years ago?
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If this sign could read itself…
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It would have known to stay away from the edge of the cliff!
Once here…
Now here!
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You will even be able to HEAR the constant falling of little gravel avalanches that cascade downhill!
Avalanche path
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Erosion sculptures the cliffs into cone and funnel shapes
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Storms are removing sand from the beach
Notice the difference in color between the sand directly in front of the scar and the sand farther from the scar.
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What direction is the sand and sediment in the cliff
moving?
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The cliff is falling! Run boys, run!
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At the cliff we use clinometers (specially designed by Mr. Smith) to measure the height of various
beds in the cliff
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We will use binoculars to help us determine the composition of each
bed
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Bed #1, Till: Mixture of materials, deposited directly by the glacier
Bed #2: Mostly sand, with a fair amount of pebbles
Bed #3: Yellow / Orange color, much more gravel here
Bed #4: Mostly not visible, covered by fallen material from above; Mixture of sediment
Scar on fan, caused by a storm
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Let’s take a closer look at Bed #1
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Small, fine sediment with larger boulders mixed in
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Bed #2: Mostly Sand
Bed #3: Mostly Gravel
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STATION #2 Rock Census and identification
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You will be classifying rocks found on the beach as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic.
We will be counting the number of each type found in an area of
one meter2
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One meter2
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Notice how warmly dressed these prepared students are!
Except me! No smile here—I’m
COLD!
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Station #3 Scientists know that glaciers carried sediment to
Caumsett State Park. Using index rocks students will infer the
direction the glacier advanced
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Station #4 Identifying Minerals in Caumsett Boulders
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What minerals will you find in here?
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Or here?
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Or here!
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The journey awaits!