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Worksheet
Curated OER

Plate Tectonics-Notes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this plate tectonics worksheet, students take notes on the types of plate boundaries including divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries and transform boundaries and they explain how plates move.
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Organizer
Curated OER

A Look at the Geological History

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geological history worksheet, students draw a cartoon strip to sequence how the North American continent grew. Students use information about continental drift to sequence events of how the different continents were formed.
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Website
Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on finding the fossil evidence for lithospheric plate tectonics. Inquiry-based exploration of plate tectonics evidence includes fossil distribution, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Dynamic Earth: Slip, Slide, & Collide

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for more information about plate tectonics and what happens at plate boundaries? This site gives definitions of all plate boundaries as well as animations to help visualize what is happening.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain shows the relationship between tectonic boundaries and the locations of earthquake events and volcanoes around the world.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Transform Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers earthquakes occurring at transform plate boundaries, fault zones, and transform faults.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this podcast which explains the basics of plate tectonics on Earth. [0:39]
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed discussion of plate tectonics. Looks at continental drift, types of tectonic plates and plate boundaries, and primary and secondary tectonic plates.