Adriana Ocampo is a space geologist. Learn more about her life and work by viewing the video and exploring the CD-ROM. Five activities in the kit include: Meet Adriana, Crater Maker, Vanishing Craters, Big Time Tour, and Digging into the Past. In Meet Adriana, view the video and learn how she confirmed the presence of the Chicxulub crater in Southern Mexico. Students will study craters and learn how craters take shape and the patterns they make in Crater Maker. In Vanishing Craters, students make a crater model and test the effects of weather on its surface. Big Time Tour allows students to explore the vast span of geological time. Finally in Digging Into the Past, pairs of students make a set of geological layers (strata) and take notes. Then they swap strata, take core samples, read layers and write a history of what happened.

Instructional Materials

This kit includes a video, CD-ROM, and activity book. Staff may be available to assist in teaching this curriculum. Contact the extension office at 815/772-4075.

Illinois State Goals & Learning Standards

01A. Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections.

01C. Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.

03A. Use correct grammar, spelling, puctuation, capitalization and structure.

03C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.

04A. Listen effectively in formal and informal situations.

04B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience.

05C. Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats.

10A. Organize, describe and make predictions from existing data

11A. Know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of scientific inquiry

12A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change

12B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment

12C. Know and apply concepts that describe properties of matter and energy and the interactions between them.

12E. Know and apply concepts that describe the features and processes of the earth and its resources

13A. Know and apply the accepted practices of sciences

13B. Know and apply concepts that describe the interaction between science, technology, and society