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Striking Earthquake!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students simulate strike slip faults using CEENBoTs. For this earth science lesson, students identify the fault lines and tectonic plates on a world map. They label the different parts of a fault line.
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Frogs Frogs Frogs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students view a disk on the continental movement and analyze the given data on fossils, rock types and climate zones. For this geology lesson students draw a diagram of the earths layers, take a quiz complete a PowerPoint presentation.
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The Distance Between Us and Them: Sea Floor Spreading in the Atlantic Ocean

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how geologists determine rates of sea floor spreading between two tectonic plates. They apply mathematical concepts such as the calculation and use of velocities and conversion from one set of units to another.
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Earth Movers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an online article about an earthquake and follow up with a series of discussion questions about earthquakes. They answer questions in their science journals about continental drift, plate tetonics, and their influence on...
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Journey Through Earth

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study plate tectonics.  In this plate tectonics lesson students build a cutaway scale model of the Earth. 
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Earthquake Depth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and locate earthquake epicenters on a map using latitude and longitude. They determine if the depth of an earthquake has any relationship to the distance from a plate boundary.
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The Moving Continents from Pangaea to the Future

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how the movements of the Earth contribute to fossil distribution.  In this fossils instructional activity students make maps of the placement of the continents. 
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Life Along the Ring of Fire

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research geological forces that create the Ring of Fire and its effects on cultures. They write reports on how natural disasters influence societies.
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Tectonic Processes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science instructional activity, learners find the words that help define plate tectonics and the answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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The Basics: Earth Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers define terms and watch a segment from a film.  In this scientific theory lesson students work in small groups and draft a theory that was discussed in the program. 
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What Causes Earthquakes?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earthquakes worksheet, students will read information about how different myths and legends have been created to describe the cause of earthquakes. Students will use this information to complete 3 short answer questions.
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Earth's Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners identify the different layers of the Earth. In this earth science lesson, students create a model of the crusts and continents. They explain how plates movement cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes (1)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars learn the different shapes of Volcanoes and discuss why volcanoes only have a few shapes.
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Structure of the Earth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate earthquakes and volcanoes. They demonstrate fault lines with a folded piece of paper, conduct an erosion experiment, and construct a volcano using clay, baking soda and vinegar.
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Pangea All Lands

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate how the earth's land masses were once one huge land mass known as Pangea. They fit continents together forming one large land mass. Describe the processes that cause plate movement.
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Students 10th
In this geology worksheet, 10th graders locate thirty-six terms about earthquakes and volcanoes in a word search. Answers to the word search are available in various formats.
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Studying Seafloor Spreading on Land

For Students 6th - 8th
In this seafloor spreading worksheet, students review the processes taking place along the mid-ocean ridges. This worksheet has 3 short answer questions.
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Name That Volcano

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research volcanoes. In this volcanoes activity, students visit websites with worksheets about the terms for volcanoes and volcanic eruptions in the world. Students complete the work online and play a game for volcano names.
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Earth Clock- A Timeline, Past to Present

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create an earth clock.  In this earth clock lesson, students create a clock which serves as a timeline of the history of the earth from 4.567 billion years ago to present day.  
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Are You Ready to Shake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine earthquakes and tsunamis. In this Earth science lesson, students investigate the causes and hazards associated with earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Drifting Continents

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, through teacher-led demonstration, explore the idea of continental drift. They complete a worksheet involving the calculation of continental drift over time.
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Examing the San Francisco Earthquake

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze photographic data about the San Francisco earthquake for evidence of its cause and effect. they determine if damage was caused by the earthquake itself or the ensuing fire. They role-play as earthquake survivors and...
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Earthquakes and Tectonic Plates

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Here is a comprehensive package in which middle schoolers learn about types of seismic waves, triangulation, and tectonic plate boundaries. Complete vocabulary, colorful maps, and a worksheet are included via links on the webpage. You...
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Volcanoes: Sixth Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 6th
Bring a set of pre-lab, lab, and post-lab lesson plans on volcanoes to your earth science unit. Sixth graders explore the three types of volcanoes found on Earth, plot the specific locations of these volcanoes on a map, and investigate...

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