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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Claim Testing: Geology and the Earth's Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity where students investigate how scientist study plate tectonics.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Why We're All Lava Surfers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about people who see plate tectonics close up as they lava surf. Learn about their adventures in this article.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Tectonic Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will create a unique project to demonstrate their understanding of plate tectonics.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquake Characteristics Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the characteristics of earthquakes. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on divergent plate boundaries. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Continental Drift Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on continental drift. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide. Part I of II.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the earth's tectonic plates. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquake Damage Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the damage from earthquakes. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Locating Earthquake Epicenters Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on locating earthquake epicenters. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Activity Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on intraplate activity. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore answers about plate tectonics with this questions by Himalayan Mountains.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science for Middle School

For Students 6th - 8th
This digital textbook covers core earth science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, videos, and study guides.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science

For Students 4th
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to fourth-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Folds and Faults Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review folds and faults using this review guide.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Continental Drift: What's the Big Idea?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn how the theory that explains the position of Earth's continents was established and later modified.
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Website
Other

Nationwide Lifts : Artisan Elevators: Volcanoes and Volcanic Glass

For Students 4th - 8th
A mountain with a center of hot magma is called a volcano. Under the right circumstances, volcanoes erupt and release a flow of lava. When this happens, they are as beautiful as they are scary and dangerous. Although most people...
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Guide, Slides, and Text Reader

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resources for teachers for the big history project. Includes a teaching guide, unit slides, and text reader.
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Website
Extreme Science

Extreme Science: World Records in Earth Science

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is the highest elevation on earth? How about the driest place on earth? Do you know where the greatest earthquake took place? Let Extreme Science take you to these places and other extreme places around the world.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from an introduction to oceanography course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. The course gives a general introduction to the processes and history of Earth's global oceanic system in...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Engineering Geology

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the basics of engineering geology. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Plate Tectonics (Intermediate)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Many activities in this lesson plan to help pupils understand the Theory of Plate Tectonics. Plans can be used in intermediate or middle school levels.
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Website
Other

Rockhounding Arkansas: Your Fault, My Fault, and the New Madrid Fault

For Students 9th - 10th
Text and diagrams regarding tectonic forces, the new Madrid Fault, and earthquakes.
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Website
Other

Danny Yee's Book Reviews: John Mc Phee

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides brief reviews of some of American author John Mcphee's books.
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Website
Other

Earth Waves: Our Changing Planet

For Students 6th - 8th
A compilation of information from volunteers on earthquakes and earthquake prediction. Includes a lot of information on quakes in the California area plus some nice maps.