Intro to Madison

Hi! 

My name is Madison Sadler. I am a junior in the education program at Northern Michigan University. I am working towards a double minor in mathematics and integrated science, and I would someday love to teach fifth grade. 

I was born and raised in Munising Michigan, growing up with a younger and an older brother as well as two loving parents. In my opinion, I live near the most beautiful national parks there is, and how does one get that lucky? I grew up doing all things out doors-- sports, fishing, hunting, you name it. 

I am currently still living in Munising with my parents and younger brother. I commute to classes five days a week and work for public safety on campus as well as at 387 Restaurant in Munising. Some of my favorite hobbies include reading, hammocking, relaxing, and slowly chipping away at items on my bucket list with my boyfriend. 

My plan for after college include teaching. I hope to find myself located in the Grand Rapids or Alma areas of Michigan. I look forward to getting to know everyone in MSED this semester. 

My family at my oldest brothers wedding in May of 2016.

My puppy, Sugar Rae, and I. 

My boyfriend and I on our road trip to North Carolina two weeks ago.

If I had $100

If I had $100, how would the money be divided within our solar systems?

Sun: $99.9
Mercury: $0.00025
Venus: $0.00025
Earth: $0.00025
Mars: $0.00025
Jupiter: $0.05
Saturn: $0.04
Uranus $0.005
Neptune: $0.004
Moon/Satellites:$0.00001




ACTUAL:

Sun: $97.50
Mercury: $0.003
Venus: $0.02
Earth: $0.02
Mars: $0.004
Jupiter: $1.25
Saturn: $1.00
Uranus: $0.10
Neptune: $0.10
Moon/ Satellites: $0.003

What causes the seasons?

-The seasons are caused by the sun being farther from the certain areas of the earth. For example, it is winter on the side of the earth that is not facing the sun. The side of the earth facing the sun is experiencing summer. The side of the earth heading away from direct sunlight is experiencing fall, and the side of the earth heading toward direct sunlight is experiencing spring.


What causes the the phases of the moon?

- Moon phases are caused when the moon orbits the earth. You see a full moon when it is directly in front of earth, and you don't see the moon when it is directly in front of the sun.

Plate Tectonics

My pre-knowledge of plate tectonics before this chapter was very little. I understood that plates move by certain natural occurrences on earth's surface, but anything beyond that I had really no understanding of.  

After discussing plate tectonics, I understand that there are four different types of plate boundaries. As a teacher, I think that one of the best ways to explain or model plate tectonics is by using graham crackers and frosting as we did in class. For example, this is a perfect model  of divergent plate boundaries using graham crackers and frosting.

This is a perfect example of a divergent plate boundary when two plates move away from each other.

If I had $100

If I had $100 to represent earths water, $95 would be in the earth's ocean. Ninety-five dollars would be in the earth's ocean's because 95% of earths water is comprised of oceans. This leaves only 5% (or $5) representing all of the rest of earth's water. The five dollars left over is comprised of fresh water and a very small portion of our $5 represents "other saline waters. The fresh water can be broke down mainly into groundwater and glacier water.

Understanding Models of Earth's Surface

Sadly, this was my initial understanding of how to model Earth's surface in a 3D model. I drew this model of the Marquette area, more specifically, Lake Superior and Marquette Mountain. Obviously, my interpretation is inaccurate and even a bit naive. 

After our class activity, I have a much better idea of to draw as well as interpret a 3D model of Earth's surface. 

This picture very accurately represents a 3D model of a crater on Earth's surface.

Also, this picture very accurately represents a 3D model of mountain on Earth's surface. 

Rock Cycle Model

This is the first model I had of the rock cycle. In reality, my first model is actually pretty accurate without the specific details. My first model has an understanding that rocks can start in a melted state and after several years of cooling, the melted state turns into a solid state. Through weathering and erosion, rocks can be broken apart into smaller pieces. The smaller pieces can eventually be melted down and form back into lava. 

After today's class, it was a quite obvious that I don't know much in detail about the rock cycle. There are three types of rocks within the rock cycles. Igneous rocks are rocks in their melted state. Due to the cooling of igneous rocks, two types of igneous rocks can be formed such as, extrusive and intrusive. Intrusive are coarse grained igneous rocks and extrusive are fine grained igneous rocks. Through erosion and lithification on igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks are formed. The two types of sedimentary rocks are detrital and chemical. Detrital sedimentary rocks consist of bits and pieces of inclusions. Chemical rocks form by chemical changes to the sedimentary rocks. Once sedimentary rocks are exposed to heat and pressure, they form into metamorphic rocks. Their are two classifications to metamorphic rocks as well. There are foliated metamorphic rocks that show bands or layers, and there are nonfoliated rocks that don't show bands. If metamorphic rocks are exposed to enough heat, they eventually melt, forming back into igneous rocks. The rock cycle isn't bound by a particular clockwise rotation. At any given time, a rock can go backwards in the cycle as well as skip  a step.