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Activity
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Plate Tectonics and Mid Oceanic Ridges

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent graphics and understandable text about all aspects of plate tectonics including mid-ocean ridges.
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Website
US Geological Survey

Usgs: How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea Floor Spreading

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive website featuring how to build a model that illustrates sea-floor spreading and subduction. It has diagrams and pictures reviewing major geological concepts.
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Activity
Institute of Marine Science

Forsea: If I Can't See It, How Do I Know It's There?

For Students 9th - 10th
A diagram showing features of the seafloor and a laboratory experiment involving a model of the seafloor highlight this site. This is a good resource for teachers as well.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Seismic Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the pattern of earthquakes on Earth, including magnitude, depth, location, and frequency.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hotspot Lesson: Hotspot Theory and Plate Velocities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a data set of ages of Hawaiian Volcanoes and seamounts and how far they are from the active volcanism, and then plot the data on a graph, and finally determine the plate velocity.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
How plate tectonics formed Pangaea. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]