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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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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson you will learn about the theory of plate tectonics and the three types of plate boundaries that are responsible for Earth's geologic features.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Mountains Are Formed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how mountains are formed. Concepts include the composition and structure of the Earth's tectonic plates and tectonic plate boundaries, with an emphasis on plate convergence as it relates to mountain formation....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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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
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Continent Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes convergent plate boundaries where two continental plates come together.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Continent Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes convergent plate boundaries where two continental plates come together.
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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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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Continent Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes an animation and a short quiz over convergent plate boundaries.
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Unit Plan
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Earthquake Faultline Earthquake Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
This outstanding website provides an excellent variety of hands-on earthquake activities to help you understand what causes earthquakes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Mountain Building

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How mountains are formed as a result of plate tectonic processes.
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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
NASA

Nasa: Alfred Wegener

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent biography of Wegener that includes his breakthrough work and the storm of controversy it created. Finally, Alfred Wegener has gotten the praise and recognition he deserved.