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Students explore world geography by identifying the continents on Earth. In this continental drift lesson, students examine a worksheet which uses the world continents as puzzle pieces to create the single land called "Pangea." Students complete a crossword puzzle using vocabulary terms associated with the Alfred Wegener.
Construct a Pangea landmass model using certain clues with eighth graders. They will be able to explain the Continental Drift theory in their own words and create a PowerPoint presentation using information gathered from the web quest at the end of this unit.
Students investigate the Earth's layers and the theory of continental Drift. They identify and describe the various layers of the Earth. Students explain the theory of continental drift.
Students explore earth science by completing a worksheet. In this plate tectonics lesson, students identify the meaning of "continental drift" and the proposed problems it may cause in the future. Students identify the seven continents and complete a teacher made worksheet discussing earth's layers.
Students watch a video about plate tectonics. in this Earth Science lesson, students watch a video clip from Bill Nye about Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. They make a slight crack in a hard boiled egg and manipulate the egg to show divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
In this continental drift and fossils worksheet, students complete a puzzle of the continents and they answer questions about fossils, the layers of the earth's crust, Wegener's continental drift theory and the major plates.
In this continental drift worksheet, 7th graders answer 7 questions about Wegener's theory of continental drift. They use a diagram of the Earth's continents that show plate tectonics.
In this continental drift worksheet, students cut out the continents and paste them together to make Pangaea. They answer ten questions about continental drift and the results of the continents moving.
Eighth graders create models of plate boundaries. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders discuss how sea floor spreading supports the Continental Drift theory. They develop a creative presentation about the topic.
In this earthquake and continental drift worksheet, students answer five questions about continental drift, seismic waves and earthquake safety.