Tectonic+Plates

=Tectonic Plates=

What are tectonic plates? How do they move? How do they affect the Earth?





Think Pair Share with the person next to you about what you know and what you want to know about tectonic plates, then edit the table below to include 1-2 points in the "K" and "W" columns.


 * ====What do you KNOW about tectonic plates?==== || ====What do you WANT to know about tectonic plates?==== || ====What have you LEARNED about tectonic plates?==== ||

Complete the online simulation about tectonic plates: http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/viewing/L5826/index.html

View the animation of how movements of the tectonic plates have changed the face of the Earth over time: @http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Hidden-Taonga/Sci-Media/Animations-and-Interactives/Tectonic-plates-animation

The teacher will give you cut outs of the continents, you are to move them around to see how they could fit together. Do you think this is enough evidence to prove the theory of tectonic plates? Why/why not? What other evidence can you think of that might help to prove the theory of tectonic plates?

Working in pairs, complete investigations about what would happen when tectonic plates shift under sand, hard soil, and water. These stations will be set up in class. You are to complete a PROE for each of the stations (Predict, Reason, Observe, Explain)

Now Think Pair Share with the person sitting next to you about what you have learnt about tectonic plates, then edit the table above to include 1-2 points in the "L" column. Do you have any more questions to add to the "W" column?

Extension: Further information about the formation of the tectonic plates. @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml