By: Ming, Augustus, Anna, Louie, Nika

Ice over New York

Manhattan was not always shaped the way it is today. Earlier there was no Hudson River, there was an avalanche and the ice was so strong it scratched the rocks and made a dent forming the Hudson River.

This picture shows what we were talking about with the hudson river.

Have you ever wondered why Central Park has large rocks and boulders that can weigh up to several tons? Those rocks didn’t just fall from the sky, they have been there since some time between c. 95,000 and c. 20,000. That’s a very long time!

These rocks are boulders that were left over when the ice melted. When the ice was falling down it picked up boulders along the way. The ice and snow pushed the boulders which acted like sandpaper to smooth the mountains below it. The same phenomenon happened in the Swiss Alps 5,000 miles away.

As it says in the first paragraph, Manhattan wasn’t always shaped the way it is today. There was once ice so tall it was about four times the Empire State Building covering Manhattan. The avalanche brought a mile of ice that covered manhattan. Also the ice had a lot of effects on the rocks in Manhattan. An effect was that the ice blocked any passage through all of Manhattan. Another effect was that no one could survive in the cold.

Our song (melody of frozen):

The snow glows white on Manhattan night,

not a footprint to be seen,

a kingdom of ice is covering

the empire state building,

the wind is howling like this swirling storm that died,

couldn’t keep it in just let out that cry,

don’t let it frost,

don’t let it freeze,

the ice is covering four times the empire state building,

for real, dont doubt

you should know,

and now you knowww,

don’t go out,

don’t go out,

There is ice outside the house

you can go

you can go

the avalanche is coming no more,

and I don’t care

what they’re going to say

I’m glad the storms over

the cold kinda bothered me anyway

The video will be coming soon

                                     Pressure, lava, Ice, Flood

What Made NYC

By Louie

                                                              Pressure

First came pressure which started when North America crashed into Africa. Before pangea came the continents were separate but they had different shapes. Over 1000’s of years they crashed into and one another then they went on top of each other. That formed a vast mountain range that was as tall as the Alps.

Lava

After presser came lava and about 200 million years ago is when it started. Then extreme heat and pressure transform shale rock into schist. Schist is Earths crust. Then the Supercontinent of Pangea formed. Then North America and Africa start separating because the lava way erupting out of the, Earth’s crust, schist. When the lava erupted it covered a million square miles of land.

Ice

Third came ice which happened about 18,000 years ago. Then an ice Sheet covers New York region. The ice sheet shaped the hudson river. The ice was making the mountains like sand paper and the same thing was happening in the swiss Alps. The ice was covering 4x the height of the Empire State Building.

Flood

Finally came the flood. There was a land bridge that connected Staten Island to Brooklyn. That version of the hudson River did not have salt water in it. Then the Ice melted and the Hudson River overflowed and sunk the land bridge.