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Serc: Geo Logic: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson PlanSerc: Geo Logic: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson Plan
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Serc: Geo Logic: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

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Using the skills of a paleontologist, students are asked to match up lecturers with what day and time they teach, and how many students they have based on clues given from several different perspectives. In the second part of the activity, students are asked to learn more about the historic figures mentioned in the activity by doing reading and web research.

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geologic history, plate tectonics

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law of superposition, measurement unit, serc: geo-logic: continental drift and plate tectonics, problem solving, plate tectonics and continental drift theories
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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