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Leeds University: Teaching Resources in Structural Geology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A large collection of resources for teaching structural geology. Information is sorted into topic headings, including basic principles of organization, basic structures (folds, faults, shear zones), virtual field trips, strain, geology...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Folds and Faults Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review folds and faults using this review guide.
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Arguing Causes of Faults & Folds Sponge Fault Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine images of faults and folds, then experiment with two models to collect evidence to determine how the structures formed.
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Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth activity where students create a rock layer formation using different colors of playdough and investigate the types of folds and rock formations that might occur. They take core samples through anticlines and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Blocks 3 D Interactive 3 D Geologic Blocks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial on visualizing geologic features contains animated block diagrams that show how the surface expressions of dipping layers, folds, igneous intrusions, and faults are related to subsurface structure and cross...
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Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Mountain Building

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on all aspects of how mountains are formed. Inquiry-based exploration of mountain building includes the rock cycle, mountain formation, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, rocks, minerals, and...
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: What Happens When Two Plates Meet?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Different events occur when two parts of the earth shift. Highlighted in this resource are details of faults, dips, slips, folds, and strike slips.
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Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on finding the fossil evidence for lithospheric plate tectonics. Inquiry-based exploration of plate tectonics evidence includes fossil distribution, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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Southern Kings Consolidated School: Mountains

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site from the Southern Kings Consolidated School about mountains. Learn what mountains are and how they form.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Mountains Are Formed

For Students 4th - 8th
Read about the different types of mountains and how they are formed.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Rock Layers in Tennessee, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing folded and broken or faulted rock layers along the Walden Ridge, Tennessee.

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