The spot you are standing in right now—how did it look 2,000 years ago, one million years ago, or even four billion years ago? Scholars use a model of Earth throughout history to learn about continental drift, climate change, changes in sea level, and so much more. They control their views, the time scale, and track data to better understand our incredible planet.

Concepts

planet earth, the earth, climate change, continental drift

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Track one major city throughout history and draw its movement, making note of when it was above and below sea level

Classroom Considerations

• Works on recent Firefox and Chrome browsers
• Offers an app that is only optimized for large screens

Pros

• Includes a few different ideas for using the interactive in class
• Lists all research in the references page to understand the assumptions 

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.3 RST.11-12.3