GEOLOGY GENIE

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GEOLOGY GENIE
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• The bell rang and Mrs. Martinez dismissed the
  students for recess.
• Linda, Julie, and GeeGee ran straight to the
  sandbox and started to dig.

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• Look what I found!, exclaimed Julie.
• What is it?, asked GeeGee.
• It looks like a magical genie lamp! Try rubbing
  it! Linda said excitedly.
• Julie rubbed the lamp and suddenly

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• Behold, I AM
• GEOLOGY GENIE!

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• You have released me from my lamp and now I shall
  grant you three wishes.
• Hurray!, the children cheered.
• We can share the wishes!, said Julie.
• Linda asked, Can I wish first?
• The others agreed.

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• What do you wish for, little girl? asked
  Geology Genie.
• I want to go to Hawaii!
• As you wish. Now all of you close your eyes!

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• The children opened their eyes
• Welcome to the beautiful islands of Hawaii.
  Aloha, said Geology Genie.
• Lets look around!, said GeeGee.
• I see a volcano. yelled Linda.
• Let me tell you about this volcano began the
  genie.

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• Hot magma from within the earth is forced upward,
  in places known as hot spots, which are found
  in the center of tectonic plates. This magma
  flows out of volcanoes. Once magma flows out of
  a volcano and reaches the surface of the earths
  crust, it is known as lava.

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Lava flows out of the volcanoes, and eventually
cools. More and more lava flows out and piles on
top of the cooled lava. After a long time, these
piles of cooled lava form new land. This is how
the Hawaiian islands were formed. Since the
volcanoes of Hawaii are constantly erupting, the
Hawaiian islands are growing in size every year.
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• How amazing! Thanks Geology Genie!
• exclaimed Linda.
• Can I make my wish now?, asked Julie. I want
  to visit the Himalayas!
• As you wish.
• Now remember to
• close your eyes.

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• The children opened their eyes
• Welcome to the Himalayas!, announced the Genie.
• Whoa, theyre so big!, said Julie.
• How did they get so humongous?
• Let me tell you

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• These mountains were formed by converging
  tectonic plates coming together. The plates
  collided, pushing rocks upward. Over time, the
  force of the converging plates
• has caused these mountains
• to become one of the tallest
• mountain ranges
• in the world!

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• The Himalayas are considered to be a fold
  mountain range. The Asian tectonic plate has
  stayed motionless while the Indian plate has been
  pushing northward for millions of years. Neither
  plate sub ducts and so the mountain range is
  formed because the Indian plate is being forced
  on top of the Asian plate.

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Thats awesome! I love mountains and now I know
how they are formed!
Now can we visit the bottom of the ocean?

• As you wish. Close your eyes and plug your nose

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• Splash!!!
• As soon as their feet touched the ocean floor,
  they felt
• the ground shaking.
• Ahhh! GeeGee screamed. Whats happening?
• Let me explain what were experiencing.
• the Genie assured the children.

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• Geology Genie pulled out a book, and began to
  explain, This is an earthquake. We are standing
  on a fault where two tectonic plates meet. These
  are called transform plate boundaries. When the
  plates slide past each other in opposite
  directions, the rigid edges will catch and create
  tension and friction. When this tension is
  released, the ground begins to shake and changes
  the surface of the Earth.
• Oh, yes, I remember reading something about
  that once! shouted Gee Gee.

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The shaking that you feel are the waves of the
earthquake the genie continued, they can get
pretty big So grab onto some
seaweed and hold on tight. warned the Genie.
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• Just as Geology Genie had finished granting the
  third
• wish, the children heard
• the bell ring and Mrs. Martinez called the
  students back in from recess.

The Genie turned to the kids and said, Well,
kids, I guess it is time to say goodbye.
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• The children ran to Geology Genie and thanked
• him for the best recess ever.
• Before returning to his lamp, Geology
• Genie reminded the children not
• to forget all of the wonderful
• lessons that they had learned.

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• The children watched the genie go back into his
  lamp. Then they buried the lamp back in the sand
  for other children to find

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• THE END!

By Kathryn Brown, Britney Adams, and Allison
Jensen