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Handout
US Geological Survey

Us Geological Survey: Ring of Fire & Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
A massive amount of information on the Ring of Fire and plate tectonics. There are links to graphics and text. The volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are discussed in detail by area.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Tour of Park Geology: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Plate tectonics and different plate boundaries are discussed on this website. Also, learn about the type of plate boundaries found in our National Parks.
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Other

Unavco: Measuring Plate Motion With Gps: Iceland

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the architecture that is in place to enable GPS and how to interpret data for a station's position. They will develop a time series plot and use the data to see that the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is rifting Iceland....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

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

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the theories of evolution, plate tectonics, and global warming.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

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

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the theories of evolution, plate tectonics, and global warming.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plate Tectonics and Seas of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Era Study Guide

For Students 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a brief overview of plate tectonic activity during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras and the changes in sea level that occurred. Includes some questions to...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Cenozoic Plate Tectonics Study Guide

For Students 4th - 8th
Get an overview of Cenozoic Plate tectonics.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How plate tectonics formed Pangaea.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Precambrian Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How plate tectonics caused the continents to come together to form a supercontinent.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Plate Tectonics: Moving and Shaking

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Plate Tectonics: Moving and Shaking," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: All About Plate Tectonics

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Simple discussion of plate tectonics and Pangaea. Includes maps and interactives.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain shows the relationship between tectonic boundaries and the locations of earthquake events and volcanoes around the world.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Plates on the Move

For Students 9th - 10th
Find an interrelated set of tools--maps, animations, diagrams, photographs, and text--to help you understand tectonic plates and how they move.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Four part lab activity involves students using real-time data to solve a problem, study the correlation between earthquakes and tectonic plates, and determine whether or not there is a relationship between volcanoes and plate boundaries.
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Handout
University of Oregon

The Electronic Universe Project: Plate Boundaries/plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site to learn more about the different types of plate boundaries. Includes color pictures and easy-to-understand examples of how and why plates move the way they do.
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All Media: Plate Tectonics: Plate Movements

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated simulations showing the three types of plate movements: divergent, convergent, and lateral plate boundaries.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Uncovering Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this investigation, middle schoolers will be given an opportunity to make the connection between plate boundary movement and the topographic features of the earth.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Musical Plates: A Study of Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project, students use Real-time and volcano data from the Internet to explore the relationship between earthquakes, plate tectonics, and volcanos.
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Graphic
University of California

Ucmp: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides hyperlinks to the history behind and the mechanisms driving plate tectonics. Be sure to click on the globe icons for animations of plate tectonics.
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Other

San Andreas fault.org: Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a good overview of plate tectonics with embedded links to related information.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Plate Tectonics O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and similar bite-size pieces of information about plate tectonics.
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Handout
Other

University of Delaware: Plate Tectonics

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is a very simple overview of plate tectonics. It includes a map of all the major plates and a diagram of the layers of the earth.
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Handout
Other

Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage explaining the main features of plate tectonics. Understand what evidence exists for plate tectonics and the theory of Pangea. Also learn about the different types of boundaries. The end of the webpage includes more links that...
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Website
Extreme Science

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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