Here are all the free resources to help you learn and teach about Plate Tectonics.
Benioff Zones – earthquake evidence for subduction
When we look at the earthquake evidence for Plate Tectonics, one amazing feature is the Benioff Zoned earthquakes that show ...
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Lithosphere, Asthenosphere and Moho- what’s that all about?
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Continental Crust – whats it all about?
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Oceanic Crust – whats it all about?
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Plate Tectonic Cycles
Plate Tectonic cycles have been happening on Earth as we know it today - with all its features - for ...
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Volcano shapes – shield, composite/stratiform, caldera – and chemistry
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Transform fault plate boundaries – what are their features?
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Convergent plate boundaries – subduction, collision and Island arcs – what are their features?
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Divergent plate boundaries – what are their features?
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The Evidence for Plate Tectonics
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Earth’s Magnetic Reversals, Polar Wandering and Plate Tectonics
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Earthquakes – what you need to know!
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What is the Lithosphere?
Traditionally, when we talk about the layers of our planet we talk about the inner core, outer core, mantle, and ...
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Introduction to Plate Tectonics
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Lava in Lihue – Role play activity
Description : A classroom role-play activity where students play the role of various town people when their town is being ...
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Rocks of Ages
Description : Student activity where they calculate the speed of a moving tectonic plate by using the ages of rocks ...
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Understanding Polar Reversals
Understanding polar reversals helps us to understand an important piece of evidence for Plate Tectonics. When molten rock cools, some ...
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Divergent Plate Boundaries
One of the most amazing places on the Earth's is where two massive tectonic plates are moving apart. Almost 99% ...
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Evidence for Plate Tectonics
The evidence for Plate Tectonics is very conclusive. It is a very well supported theory, and while scientific debate continues ...
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Boundaries – how the plates interact
The Earth's plates don't just sit there. They move and interact at their boundaries - and that is what makes ...
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Plates – understanding the tectonic jigsaw pieces.
The Earth's rocky outerlayer (the lithosphere) is broken up into around seventeen major pieces that we call tectonic plates. ...
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The Earth’s Crust – a simple way to view it.
The Earth's crust - that outermost rocky layer of our planet - can be daunting to understand. To start ...
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Structure of Earth
Have your students summarize the basic structure of the Earth - crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core - on ...
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Plate Tectonic 3D Models
Have your students construct 3D cut-out interactive paper models of : Sea Floor Spreading Subduction Zone The package also includes ...
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Where to build the Hospital – Lava risk
Where to build the hospital - Lava Risk Mapping Have your students take on the role of a volcano risk ...
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Subduction Worksheet
Plate Tectonics - Subduction Zone worksheet Have your students research and then label the features of a Subduction Zone using ...
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Crust Types Worksheet
Plate Tectonics - Types of crust worksheet Understanding the differences between the two types of crust on Earth is fundamental ...
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Science on an Active Volcano
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