Science - Earth Science
Lesson Plans

Standard 2

Students will understand Earth's internal structure and the dynamic nature of the tectonic plates that form its surface.

Objective 2

Describe the development of the current theory of plate tectonics and the evidence that supports this theory.

• Locations of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
  Students will map the location of various earthquakes and volcanoes. They will then relate the location of this phenomenon with the location of plate boundaries.
• Plate Tectonics Unit Introduction
  Students will make puzzles and apply the logic they use to assembling a puzzle to the logic used by Alfred Wegner in coming up with his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
• Wegener’s Fossil Safari
  In this activity students go on an expedition where they find fossils of extinct organisms. Students will obtain a picture of what life on Earth was like 250 million years ago.

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