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- 4th - 6th
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Students demonstrate how the earth's land masses were once one huge land mass known as Pangea. They fit continents together forming one large land mass. Describe the processes that cause plate movement. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and locate earthquake epicenters on a map using latitude and longitude. They determine if the depth of an earthquake has any relationship to the distance from a plate boundary. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students make potato puzzles to represent how the world looked many years ago. They manipulate the puzzle pieces to represent movement of the Earth's plates and to determine which is better a map or a globe. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students observe a teacher demonstration of plate tectonics. They watch as she moves clay models of the plates moving into each other to form a mountain range. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the geographical features within the United States and the disturbances that they undergo. Convergent plate movement and earthquakes are examined in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students investigate the earth's plates and plate interactions along boundaries. They listen to a presentation, and answer discussion questions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the movement of the oceanic plates. They construct shoe box models simulating divergent plate boundaries and a mid-ocean ridge spreading center. They discover how magna rises and the plates are pushed away from the ridge. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students view a film about the Earth's movement. They discover the different layers of the Earth's crust and the types of plate movements. They use their hands to demonstrate each plate boundaries. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students predict where they think earthquakes and volcanoes occur on a map of the earth. Then they use GIS (Arcview) software to manipulate the maps and learn about the relationships of plates, earthquakes and volcanoes. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to and experiment with the basic concepts of plate tectonic theory as well as assess the history of the theory of plate tectonics. They explain and illustrate the basic concepts through diagrams and models of Pangaea. Full Review »
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