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Curated OER

Explosive Ideas!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the layers of the Earth and the dynamic changes that they cause on Earth's surface. Volcanoes and earthquakes become the focus of the lesson as the Oregon State quarter and its Crater Lake images are linked to the topic.
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Curated OER

Pass the Plate

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students define constructive forces. They describe how landforms are created as a result of constructive forces. Students recognize active volcano areas in the United States. They demonstrate an understanding of Panagea.
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Curated OER

Continents and Oceans on the Move

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils create an awareness of the vast percentage of water covering the earth. They relate similarities/differences between topographical maps and other maps of various time periods. Students examine how to use a topographical map.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Diversity of Mammals

For Students 9th - 12th
For this mammals worksheet, high schoolers compare and contrast the three types of mammals: placental, marsupial, and monotreme. This worksheet has 4 short answer, 12 matching, and 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rain Forest

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the Amazon tropical rain forest. In this rain forest lesson plan, students discuss the Manu Biosphere reserve and watch a video about conserving the rain forest. Students create mobiles for the rainforest that includes...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Text Structure 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading worksheet, students read different passages of text and fill out graphic organizers for each one. Students read 6 texts total.
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Curated OER

Discovery Atlantis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore Atlantis. In this geography activity, students research selected websites to discover information about the lost continent of Atlantis. High schoolers use the fruits of their research to participate in a...
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Curated OER

Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars simulate the three types of plate boundaries using robots. In this earth science activity, students explain how earthquakes and volcanoes are formed. They collect real-world earthquake data and plot them on the map.
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Curated OER

Earth Time Scale

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research the past eras in history including the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.  In this time scale lesson students take part in a lab that allows the students a better understanding of the timeline of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earth History Part II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders hypothesize what caused the break up of continents. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders study about the events that took place during Mesozoic and Cenozoic Era. They reconstruct a supercontinent and report their...
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Curated OER

A Moving Experience

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils visit Time Machine's San Francisco Earthquake Era. They understand how the Earth's layers interact to cause changes in the Earth's surface. They review information about earthquakes and Earth's layers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

World of Dinosaurs Game

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science activity, students write each of the vocabulary terms that relate to earth science listed in the spaces of the bingo card provided. Then they use the clues at the bottom of the sheet to match to its correct science term...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the theory of plate tectonics.  In this activity lesson students complete an activity to determine how seafloor spreading and volcanoes contribute to solving the plate tectonics...
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Curated OER

Earth's Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students 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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Earth Science Pangaea

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Pangaea, the one continent that became the current seven continents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Pangaea Pop Up

For Students 9th - 10th
Michael Molina discusses the catalysts and consequences of continental drift. [4:25]
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Website
University of California

Ucmp: The Cretaceous Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the UCMP Berkeley provides information about the Cretaceous Period, the last portion of the age of the dinosaurs and the continued break up of the continent of Pangaea.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Earth Science Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have fun while exploring earth science. NASA offers seven games online games: Droplet and the Water Cycle, What on Earth?, Word Puzzles, Drag 'n Drop Puzzles, Pangaea Map Game, Tectonics Quiz, and Color Me!
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Puzzling Pangaea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity students will work collaboratively to research information in order to prove or disprove if a super continent ever existed. Students will create a model of Pangaea to show how their research findings 'connect' in a...
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Handout
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Earth Science: Plate Tectonics I: Geologic Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the development of plate tectonic theory. Discussion includes the evidence of Pangaea, and the processes of seafloor topography and seafloor spreading. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Bringing a Pop Up Book to Life

For Students 9th - 10th
In 'The Pangaea Pop-up' Lesson, animator Biljana Labovic decided the best way to illustrate moving, shifting tectonic plates was to use a physical object that could also move and shift. Here, Labovic explains how she and her team of...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Mesozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Pangaea split apart and formed the Atlantic Ocean.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Mesozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Pangaea split apart and formed the Atlantic Ocean.

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