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Plate Tectonics Day 3 Sea Floor Spreading: Evidence for Continental Drift

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Middle schoolers are introduced to Sea Floor Spreading and how it provides evidence for Hess's and Deitz's theory of Continental Drift. They use paleomagnetic data to calculate the rate of Sea Floor Spreading.

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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Duration
45 mins
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