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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Looking Into Earth With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Multi-instructional activity activity where learners will work with data from a seismic wave model in a GIS (geographic information system) program. They will examine maps, select data, and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chile and Argentina, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 showing the political boundaries of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay at the time. Bordering portions of Brazil and Bolivia are also shown. State boundaries are shown in red, and the map includes capitals, major...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland Plate I, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the northern section of Ireland in 1920, showing cities, towns, ports, railways, canals, rivers, lakes, and coastal features north of Dublin and Galway. The map is color-coded to clearly show county boundaries.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland Plate Ii, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the southern section of Ireland in 1920, showing cities, towns, ports, railways, canals, rivers, lakes, and coastal features south of Dublin and Galway. The map is color-coded to clearly show county boundaries.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Extreme Science: A Lesson in Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
With its clickable map, this site provides text and graphics on spreading boundary, converging boundary, subduction zone, transverse boundaries and faults.
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Handout
National Geographic

National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Mantle

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the structure and composition of Earth's mantle, with lots of visuals. Covers lithosphere, Mohorovicic discontinuity, asthenosphere, transition zone, lower mantle, the d double-prime region, mantle convection, mantle...