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Leeds University: Teaching Resources in Structural Geology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A large collection of resources for teaching structural geology. Information is sorted into topic headings, including basic principles of organization, basic structures (folds, faults, shear zones), virtual field trips, strain, geology...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Blocks 3 D Interactive 3 D Geologic Blocks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial on visualizing geologic features contains animated block diagrams that show how the surface expressions of dipping layers, folds, igneous intrusions, and faults are related to subsurface structure and cross...
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Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Mountain Building

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on all aspects of how mountains are formed. Inquiry-based exploration of mountain building includes the rock cycle, mountain formation, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, rocks, minerals, and...
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Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth activity where students create a rock layer formation using different colors of playdough and investigate the types of folds and rock formations that might occur. They take core samples through anticlines and...
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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.