Apple+Lab

Procedure for Pangaea Puzzle
1. Each group of two should start with half an apple, cut lengthwise. Now you need to cut the apples into eight pieces as shown in the picture on the board. 2. Use the marker to write numbers on the peeling side of each piece. 3. Carefully peel away the red peel, being sure to leave each piece of peeling in tact (try not to cut through the peel, leave it whole, this is what you will be using) 4. One of the you should mix up the apple pieces and then trade cutting boards with the other group. 5. What you need to do is try to arrange the apple peels as best you can based on what pangaea looked like. Remember you just cut them off a round apple so do the best that you can. REMEMBER:
 * 1) Africa
 * 2) Eurasia
 * 3) South America
 * 4) North America
 * 5) Antarctica
 * 6) Greenland
 * 7) Australia
 * 8) India

1) Why don't the pieces fit together correctly? Which is better, a map or a globe, and why?

2)Is there any significance to the numbers on each piece? Do they represent something?

3)The puzzle is a good representation of the world many years ago. How would it look today? If the pieces move, what causes the movement?

4) Think back to when we did the nature of science, how does this relate to any of the two elements of the Nature of science? (Laws and Theories, Subjective, Subject to change, Creativity and imagination, observation and inference) There is No right or wrong answer!

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