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This student activity introduces students to plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, and fossils through selected Smithsonian images, diagrams, videos, articles and activities supplemented with additional instructional materials. Features of this collection have been included or designed to spark excitement by teaching students through different forms of media. The sorting activities (see pink and white tile at the end of the collection) let students play the roles of archaeologists, anthropologists, and curators by sorting rocks and fossils based on age. At the conclusion of the activity, students will be able to think critically about how cities prepare for volcanoes and earthquakes by answering questions about current events.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS:…
Exploring Plate Tectonics
- Created by:
- Michelle Bottini
- Adapted From
- Exploring Plate Tectonics
- Last Modified
- December 03, 2018
- Description
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This student activity introduces students to plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, and fossils through selected Smithsonian images, diagrams, videos, articles and activities supplemented with additional instructional materials. Features of this collection have been included or designed to spark excitement by teaching students through different forms of media. The sorting activities (see pink and white tile at the end of the collection) let students play the roles of archaeologists, anthropologists, and curators by sorting rocks and fossils based on age. At the conclusion of the activity, students will be able to think critically about how cities prepare for volcanoes and earthquakes by answering questions about current events.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS:
If there is a paper clip on the left side of the slide, click on it and follow instructions.
Tags: archaeology, anthropology, margins, subduction, hotspot, oceanic, crust, continental, rift, transform, shield, spreading, ridge, trench
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TEACHERS NOTES
Content includes basic plate tectonics vocabulary, how volcanoes erupt, what causes earthquakes, and criteria for sorting rocks and fossils based on age. Quizzes and long-answer questions ask students to think critically about what they have learned. Two sorting activities require students to analyze and interpret data and construct explanations based on evidence. There are 20 quiz questions each worth 3 points and 4 long answer critical-thinking questions each worth 10 points. The assignment is 100 points total.
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