Constructive & Destructive Forces Science Project

(Due October 2nd, 2017)

Choose a creative way to display your project choice. Poster, Collage, Photo book, Model, Shoe box
diorama, create a video, etc.

Students should research their project and create a brief summary that explains how your topic is
constructive, destructive, or both. Focus on an exciting, historic story, major information, and human
interventions. Use of 1-2 note cards or Power Point for talking points is encouraged. Practice presentation,
speaking voice, and audience eye contact in advance. Presentation should not be read from a script. Be
descriptive and provide the cause and effects of the specific forces to the surrounding areas and human
interventions to predict, monitor, or prevent these events. A rubric will be available for the specific project
chosen when this form is returned.

To avoid over saturation of the same topic, all submitted forms will be accepted on Friday (8/4). After
that, any topics which have already been selected by 2 or more students will be ineligible to be selected and
noted on the board & blog each day. It pays to be proactive!

Constructive/Destructive Project Suggestions

Earthquakes
- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (World Series Earthquake)
- 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Volcanoes
- Mt. St. Helens
- Mt. Fuji
- Mt. Vesuvius
- Mauna Loa

Faults
- San Andres Fault
- Sea Floor Spreading

Deposition (River deltas, sand dunes)

- Mississippi River delta
- Georgia costal sand dunes

Erosion/Weathering(water, wind)
-Glacier impact
-Tybee Island beaches & jetties
-Stone Mountain
-Flooding (Powder Springs/New Orleans)

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Project Choice Parent Signature

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Student Name