EARTH SCIENCE SONGS
CHAPTER 1 "Planet Earth"
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Earth is big. To make it easier to study,
scientists break it down onto 3 or 4 smaller parts: Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, (and Astronomy).
CHAPTER 2 "Dude Longitude"
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Latitude and longitude – horizontal and vertical - which is which? Listen to this rap about maps and you’ll never forget it again.
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CHAPTER 3 "My Answers"
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This one covers a lot of important, basic stuff – atoms, elements, compounds and minerals. Silicate minerals (which contain oxygen and silicone) make up 90% of the earth’s crust.
CHAPTER 4 "iRock!"
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The rock cycle. Liquid hot mmm-magma cools to form igneous rock. Sedimentary rock is made from… well, sediment. Metamorphic rock is formed through great pressure and/or heat. I ROCK!!
CHAPTER 5 "The Source"
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Our main energy source is the sun. A natural resource can be renewable or non-renewable. Renewable resources replace themselves quickly. Non-renewable take many years to replace.
CHAPTER 7 "Pangaea"
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Jamaican party song!! The Earth is divided into 3 layers – crust, mantle and core. The surface of the crust is made up of large tectonic plates which slowly move and cause eathquakes.
CHAPTER 8 "Seismology Matters"
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Picking up where Pangaea left off, this song is about earthquakes, seismic waves and faults at the edges of tectonic plates. What is the Richter Scale anyway? Does seismology really matter?
CHAPTER 11 "H2O Flow"
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The water cycle is the movement of water from the air onto land into the ground and back to water sources. Jay Zed raps and retro-funks his way through the details for ya – “ooohh yeeeah…”