Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Just How DO Those Plates Move?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experiment with water, temperature and paper to explore how convection currents occur and how they are used to explain the movement of the Earth's plates.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Earthquakes

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on earthquakes, how they form, how they are measured, and the ways they can change the surface of the Earth.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Tectonic Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create a unique project to demonstrate their understanding of plate tectonics.