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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Plates on the Move

For Students 9th - 10th
Find an interrelated set of tools--maps, animations, diagrams, photographs, and text--to help you understand tectonic plates and how they move.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigation of Newtonian Forces on Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An investigation for students to understand plate tectonics by using models to see how motion and forces act on the plates. Students can use these models to see the connection between Newtonian Laws to Earth materials. Lesson plan...
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Move Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial from Bill Nye uses newspaper to show how tectonic plates can crush together to create mountains.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tectonic Plate Motions

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: The Four Main Layers of the Earth

For Students 4th - 8th
Gives short descriptions of the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.