Year 9 students have started exploring plate tectonics in Science. They are learning about the structure of features of the Earth, both above and below the surface of the planet. Here students are using toilet paper to model the cross-section of Earth to develop an understanding of the relative thicknesses of the crust, mantle and core of the Earth. This gave them an idea of how small in scale the solid part of the crust (the lithosphere) is in comparison to the rest of our planet.

Mike Young - Science teacher