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Welcome to the 2011 Amigos Geology Page! The purpose oft his page is to display all of the learning that is going on in the 7th and 8th grade around topics in Geology. The [|Amigos School] 7th & 8th graders have been working hard this fall on topics in Earth Science. First, we went on a field trip to study [|George's Island], one of the[| Boston Harbor Islands]. These islands are here as a result of the Ice Age, so we saw first hand, the evidence of glaciation. Not only did we study how Boston Harbor has changed since the Ice Age, but also how the islands are changing today due to erosion and rising ocean levels. From our study of glaciation and how it has affected our harbor, we studied how glacier cores contain clues to the past.

Our next big unit was a research project involving text books, library books, articles and university web sites, on different segments of Geologic Time. Each student has an era or a period that they had to research the abiotic (geography and climate) and the biotic (plants and animals) of their time period, whether it be thousands, millions, or billions of years ago.

**Glaciation/Erosion/Weathering Projects**


 * Please upload your "How the Boston Harbor Islands was Made" project onto your new Geology wiki page. If you have a song or movie, please remember to include written lyrics, script or program. You will be using this wiki page to present your project. This site will be linked to the Amigos Web site and parent information page as well. Please remember to NOT include your real name in anything on this site.


 * Please write a one paragraph REFLECTION on what you learned on the field trip and on what you learned about how land has been formed and eroded through time.

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== = Geologic Time Period Projects = Write a reflection on your geologic time period project. What were the challenge? What did you like about doing this project?.
 * Write what drew you to your next project. What are the reasons that you picked this topic?
 * Please create a wiki link for your new project