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Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Groundwater Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How groundwater can be polluted.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Activity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers volcanic activity occurrence within oceanic and continental plates.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Activity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers volcanic activity occurrence within oceanic and continental plates.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Earthquakes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why intraplate earthquakes occur away from plate boundaries.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Magnetic Evidence for Seafloor Spreading
How magnetic reversals on the seafloor provide evidence for seafloor spreading. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Magnetic Evidence for Seafloor Spreading
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How magnetic reversals on the seafloor provide evidence for seafloor spreading.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Plate Tectonics O Logy Card
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and similar bite-size pieces of information about plate tectonics.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Pangaea O Logy Card
Learn about the supercontinent known as Pangaea that broke apart into the continents that we know today. Answer questions when you finish reading.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Hydrothermal Vents O Logy Card
Check out this interactive OLogy card to learn about hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: The Engine That Drives the Earth
Material to begin an exploration of volcanoes, earthquakes, and plate tectonics. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on volcano types, plate boundaries, and "hot spots," and ideas for...
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Earth
A detailed physical description of Earth. Content includes information on the Earth's layers and geology of the surface, along with links to additional information.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: 1906 Marked the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution
This site contains information about we have learned about the San Andreas Fault since 1906.
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Everytrail: Trail Map of San Andreas Fault Trail Exploration
Use this map on the San Andreas Fault by following lines of posts that mark the various fault breaks in the Los Trancos Open Space Preserve. The trail takes hikers to see some of the effects of earthquakes in this otherwise tranquil...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All Media: Plate Tectonics: Plate Movements
Animated simulations showing the three types of plate movements: divergent, convergent, and lateral plate boundaries.
Read Works
Read Works: Finding Fault
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage describe different active tectonic plates around the globe. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Read Works
Read Works: Cracking Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares information about crevices in the earth and earthquakes.This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Plate Tectonics Through Earth History
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The history of plate tectonics past and future.
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Ck 12: Plix: Independence vs. Dependence: Geological Stresses
[Free Registration/Login Required] An animation to illustrate the effects that different tectonic stresses have on rocks. Also included on the site is a short quiz over tension and compression.