Unit 3 Earth's Crust

Activity 3: Convection Currents (SI GLEs: 7, 22; ESS GLE: 10)

Websites for convection currents:

Plate Tectonics Basics

http://www.indiana.edu/~geol105/images/gaia_chapter_3/plate_tectonics_basics.htm

The Earth's Layers

http://www.thailandtsunami.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=166452&Ntype=3

Plate Tectonics

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10i.html

United streaming Videos

http://www.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm

How the Inner Structure of Planet Earth Affects Plate Tectonics (5:43)