8th Grade Science Project From Essay

Start by stacking six shoeboxes together, with three on top of one another in the back, two more stacked next to them, and the last one in front. This should create a mountain-like foundation to build from. Next, after crumpling newspaper into different sized shapes meant to resemble a mountains rocky texture, glue these to your shoebox foundation. You can paint the assembled mountain brown or grey to look more realistic, with green for trees making a nice touch. Next, carefully cut a cardboard paper towel roll in half to create a slide-like feature, and wedge the slide in between the newspaper crumples to create the waterfall. This can be painted blue to resemble a real waterfalls path through a mountainside, and if you use toilet paper rolls instead of paper towel rolls, you can make the river wind its way down more realistically.After placing a plastic bucket underneath a table or desk, place the assembled mountain on the edge of the table over the bucket and slowly pour a pitcher of water down the river path. You can see how the river flows slowly down the mountain before reaching the edge of the shelf, before plunging downward in a long waterfall. This science project shows how a waterfall in a mountain setting is a unique system of nature, created by extended rainy seasons, natural streambeds, and the process of erosion.

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