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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Continental Drift

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief Wikipedia encyclopedia article on continental drift. It tells what continental drift is, what causes it, and gives examples of evidence that continental drift has occurred.
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Unit Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Los Cambios en El Medio Natural Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit you can learn about the deformation of rocks, magmatism, plutonism and seismic waves. It has 16 interactive activities.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Seismometer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Build an instrument for measuring movement to learn about how scientists measure the Earth's movement with a seismometer.
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Website
PBS

Continents on the Move

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists believe that all the continents were once combined in one supercontinent. That means that the continents must be moving. Find out how scientists can measure the movement of whole continents!
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Website
US Geological Survey

Usgs: November 29, 1975 Kalapana

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes details of the earthquake of November 29, 1975 Kalapana in Hawaii, the tsunami, and the eruption of the volcano Kilauea as a result of the earthquake.
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Website
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Volcanic Hazards, Features, and Phenomena

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the U.S. Geological Survey provides a brief list of volcano terminology including descriptions as well as links to major menus.
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Website
University of Southern California

Earthquake Country Alliance: Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country

For Students 9th - 10th
This handbook is a resource for living in earthquake country. It provides information about why we should care about earthquakes in Southern California, what we should do to be safe and reduce damage, and also what we should know about...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Seychelles: Earthquakes and Effects

For Students 5th - 7th
Students learn about what happens inside the Earth to cause an earthquake, how earthquakes are measured, their impact on the surface, and safety precautions to take during an earthquake.
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Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Bringing the Geologic Time Scale Down to Earth in the Students' Backyard

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity is specifically designed for a field trip to Drayton Hall, which is a historic plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. It does provide a model of how a similar activity could be designed for a local area, and there are...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Interpreting the Geologic History of Canyon De Chelly

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Earth Science teachers will combine field observations with the information given in the classroom to interpret the geologic history of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcano Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What volcanoes are and where they are located.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geologic Maps & Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to give students practice using a geologic map to assess the likelihood and location of a particular natural hazard- earthquakes- in California.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Model of a Normal Fault

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students construct a model that demonstrates how a block of rock is extended by a normal fault.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alfred Wegener

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Alfred Wegener, known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research, and is most remembered as the originator of the theory of continental drift.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Drifting Continents

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity is a teacher-led demonstration of continental drift and includes a math worksheet for students involving the calculation of continental drift over time. Students will understand what continental drift is, why it occurs, and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Faulty Movement

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students are introduced to faults. They will learn about different kinds of faults and understand their relationship to earthquakes. The students will build cardboard models of the three different types of faults as...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Groundwater Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How groundwater can be polluted.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Pangaea O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the supercontinent known as Pangaea that broke apart into the continents that we know today. Answer questions when you finish reading.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Hydrothermal Vents O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Check out this interactive OLogy card to learn about hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: 1906 Marked the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information about we have learned about the San Andreas Fault since 1906.
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Other

Everytrail: Trail Map of San Andreas Fault Trail Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Cracking Up

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[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...
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Stress Types: Geological Stresses

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes the chance to label diagrams and answer a short quiz about geological stresses.

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