In jigsaw groups, students construct the Earth's tectonic plates using geologic maps. Skills such as careful observation, presentation, and synthesis are used to create a map that shows the type and location the plates.

Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The lesson teaches fifth grade students about the 4 layers of the Earth. Characteristics of each layer are presented. The lesson incorporates video, student participation, and Activote assessment. The...

This site helps students learn about the Earth science subject of plate tectonics including major and minor plates, convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.

The Earth is at your fingertips. Simply click on the piece you are looking for and explore.

Brief informational site provides information about the Earth's structure, plates and core.

Students use the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program as an example to help them find ways of checking science news stories for accuracy. They are given a science news story and instructed to investigate the accuracy of the claims made in...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How mountains are formed as a result of plate tectonic processes.

A review, including notes and labs, of a Petrology course provided b MIT. Petrology is the study of the history and chemical make up of rocks.

In this lesson, students will create three-dimensional (3-D) blocks out of paper to learn about the types of faulting that occur at the Earth's surface and its interior. Students will manipulate three fault blocks to demonstrate a normal...

Here's a project that involves a different kind of sandbox than the ones you usually think of. This one has a moving wall inside, acting like a piston, to compress the sand. You can make layers using two different colors of sand, and...

This interactive activity adapted from NASA features world maps that identify different sections of the Earth's crust called tectonic plates. The locations of different types of plate boundaries are also identified, including convergent,...

Lesson plans from Michigan Reach Out! to help students understand the different soil types and what uses they would be good for.

A course lecture on how the Earth's geological features have evolved through the movements of tectonic plates. Explains the different types of plate boundaries and how they manifest in geological formations. Also describes the structure...

In this interactive lesson you will learn about the theory of plate tectonics and the three types of plate boundaries that are responsible for Earth's geologic features.

Windows only - Interact with the tectonic plates of the Earth and see how changing variables affects the plates.

Young scholars investigate how mountains are formed. Concepts include the composition and structure of the Earth's tectonic plates and tectonic plate boundaries, with an emphasis on plate convergence as it relates to mountain formation....

Explore how plates move on the surface of the earth. Change temperature, composition, and thickness of plates. Discover how to create new mountains, volcanoes, or oceans! Java is required.

This site is a very simple overview of plate tectonics. It includes a map of all the major plates and a diagram of the layers of the earth.

A comprehensive site on plate tectonics and the Earth. Read how the oceanic and continental crusts, as well as the heat and the pressure within the Earth affect plate tectonics.

A discussion of geologic time, along with a presentation of evidence for the time span involved.

This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.

A look at some of the methods and problems with forecasting volcanic eruptions.

Dig into the layers of activities exploring and investigating minerals and how they are related to both rocks and soil.