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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Cenozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How in the most recent age, Pangaea broke apart and made modern plate tectonics.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Cenozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How in the most recent age, Pangaea broke apart and made modern plate tectonics.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Evolution, Plate Tectonics, and Climate Change Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about three theories in Earth Science: the theory of evolution, the theory of plate tectonics, and the theory of climate change due to...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore answers about plate tectonics with this questions by Himalayan Mountains.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Plate Tectonics Through Earth History

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The history of plate tectonics past and future.
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Activity
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Musical Plates: A Study of Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity has students access USGS earthquake information to plot the their locations on a world map. Doing this will help students discover for themselves the boundaries of tectonic plates.
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PPT
NASA

Nasa: Slr and Gps (And Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow explains how satellites are used to measure the movement of tectonic plates.
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Website
Other

An Introduction to the Abc's of Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents the basics of plate tectonics, as well as a summary of the current thinking about plate tectonics and its mechanisms.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Ring of Fire 2: What Earthquakes Tell Us About Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
The theory of plate tectonics revolutionized geology in the 1960's. In this project you can explore the connection between plate tectonics and earthquakes by mapping historical seismic data.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Ring of Fire 1: What Volcanoes Tell Us About Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
The Ring of Fire is a region of volcanic and earthquake activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. In this project you can explore the connection between plate tectonics and volcanic activity by mapping historical data.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what a tectonic plate is and how scientists can recognize its edges, how the plates move by convection in the mantle, the three types of plate boundaries...
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: What on Earth Is Plate Tectonics?

For Students 9th - 10th
An easy-to-understand explanation of what plate tectonics is. Contains information about the inner parts of the Earth, the difference between the three types of plates, and numerous maps and illustrations.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Writing About Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is a writing assignment focussed on the use of data to support the theory of plate tectonics. It includes a scoresheet that was created for a calibrated peer review assignment. The assignment directs students to determine the...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Writing to Support the Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson helps young scholars use images that depict earthquakes, seafloor ages, topography, and volcanoes, and then make a scientific argument supporting the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
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eBook
Libre Text

Libre Texts: Understanding Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists have a fairly good understanding of how the plates of the Earth move and how such movements relate to earthquake activity. Most movement occurs along narrow zones between plates where the results of plate-tectonic forces are...
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eBook
Libre Text

Libre Text: Historical Perspective [Of Plate Tectonics]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read here about the historical perspective of plate tectonics.
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Graphic
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Plate Tectonics, Hot Spots, and Ring of Fire: World Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A world map featuring active volcanoes, plate tectonics, hot spots, and ring of fire.
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Cotf: Plate Tectonics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plate Tectonics provides geology with a comprehensive theory that explains how the Earth works.
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Other

Hartao: An Introduction to Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces South African Alexander Toit as naming Gondwanaland and Laurasia.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this podcast which explains the basics of plate tectonics on Earth. [0:39]
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
An basic introduction to plate tectonics and the Earth's processes related to this phenomenon.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ph Et: Interactive Simulations: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students studying plate tectonics will better understand its concepts with this virtual experiment that tests how plates move on the surface of the earth. Temperature, composition, and thickness of plates can be changed to create new...
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Handout
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Expeditions to the Sea Floor: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive site provides information on the Breakup of Pangea, plate boundaries, plate movements as well as a quiz.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Plate Tectonics Through Earth History Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about the movement of tectonic plates throughout Earth's history. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

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