 Grade 8 Unit 3 Earth's Crust Activity 4: Plate Tectonics (SI GLEs: 1, 2, 3, 14, 15, 19, 33; ESS GLE: 11) CC: Students will be required to organize information, generate questions that can be answered through investigations, predict what materials will be needed to construct a model of a plate tectonic process, construct a model, solve problems, evaluate their work, demonstrate how it works, and explain how this process causes changes on Earth's surface. Use Inspiration software to organize questions in brainstorming section. Inspiration Template for Plate Tectonic Questions
Inspiration Quick Tips http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/inspiration.htm
Map with tectonic plates outlined http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html
Another map with tectonic plates. http://www.acmecompany.com/stock_thumbnails/11997.world_plates.gif
Explanation of plate tectonics http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
Unitedstreaming videos http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ Continents Adrift: An Introduction to Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics (26:05)
Basics of Geology: Formations of Continents and Mountains (25:43) Introduction to Plate Tectonics (00:49) Formation of Mountains: Movement of Tectonic Plates (03:22) Our Changing Earth (22:35) Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes (04:50) Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Earth Science (46:59) Plate Tectonics (04:22)
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