The foldable compares and contrasts the three types of plate boundaries. Plate tectonics is the surface manifestation of mantle convection, but the large contrast in viscosities between the lithosphere and the deeper mantle leads to departures from a simple boiling pot analogy. There are many different categories or disciplines that make up the science of geology. Plate tectonics interactive notebook a compilation of 9 plate tectonics resources including foldables, wordmeaning sort, pages to glue in, and a layers of the earth flip book, that can be used in your students science interactive notebooks. These three fold out books require no scissors or cutting and can be used in an interactive notebook or as a stand alone activity. I prepared for todays lesson by projecting and tracing the following document plate tectonics template on a large bulletin board paper. The earths plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. This includes cutouts, foldables or master copies where applicable. From rivers that carve out canyons to tectonic plates that build mountains, our rocky planet earth is always changing. Plate boundary movements and their results foldable.
Tectonics does not necessarily equal plate tectonics. Notes on plate tectonics plate tectonics states that the earths crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, called plates. Edible plate tectonics page 1 focus on inquiry the student will use food to model and observe the plate movement and consequences of plate movement associated with the theory of plate tectonics. This lesson plan is useful for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university students. Plate tectonics interactive notebook fold out books looking for some easy to use interactive notebook templates for volcanoes, earthquakes and plate boundaries. Multiple choice questions for plate tectonics chapter 19.
A foldable is to quote the queen of foldables, dinah zike. The layer below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of earths surface and major geologic events. Provide students with copies of map sheets figure 1 photocopied on heavy paper card stock, each with a number of frames f1 to f20. These frames are reconstructed maps of the landmasses that existed on earth at a specific time. The lithosphere includes both the crust and the solid part of the. The theory of plate tectonics grew out of earlier hypotheses and observations collected during exploration of the rocks of the ocean floor. Fold a piece of colored paper in half hotdogbun style. Also, you can decide if you want to give the foldable with the answers already given or a blank template so that students can fill in the answers.
Plate tectonics, the study of such relative motions and their consequences, allows relating surface, geological and geophysical structures with quantified movements attributed to deep processes of the earths heat engine. I also organized a few teacher notes on plate tectonics to help guide class discussions today. You will recall from a previous chapter that there are three. In the early 1900s alfred wegener proposed the continents were drifting. Foldables can be used for any subject and have many different uses.
The theory of plate tectonics activityworksheet 3 volcanoes 8. We now know that, directly or indirectly, plate tectonics influences nearly all geologic processes, past and present. Multiple choice questions for plate tectonics chapter 19 each chapter will include a few questions designed to test your knowledge of material covered in the chapter and in the internetbased resources. Turn your folded paper so that the open end of the fold is facing you.
Indeed, the notion that the entire earths surface is continually shifting has profoundly changed the way we view our world. Plate tectonics describes the distribution and motion of the plates. Lesson content overview students will demonstrate, identify, and explain the movement of the plates at. Plates and their consequences 8th grade alexander sernawallender.
Voyage through time a plate tectonics page 2 of 16 procedure. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur either on or near plate boundaries. Plate tectonics information and facts national geographic. Plate boundaries foldbook using their book students will create a four door fold book describing the four common types of plate boundaries convergent subducting, convergent colliding. Physical geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. You may find that students work slow at first, but once groups are organized and students know what is expected from.
Plates are composed of the crust and a part of the upper mantle, these two parts together are called the lithosphere. Earthquakes result from sudden motions along breaks in the earths crust and can affect landforms and societies. Making a foldable gives students a fast, kinesthetic activity that helps them organize and retain information. Students can either construct the foldable as a handheld study tool or glue it into their interactive notebooks. The book first offers information on the rheological stratification of. Looking at the information you compiled in your chart above, explain one way the theory of plate tectonics can relate to engineering. Volcanoes are locations where molten rock reaches earths surface, and volcanoes can affect landforms and societies.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. A foldable is a 3d, studentmade, interactive graphic organizer based upon a skill. The point where two plates meet is called a plate boundary. Access thousands of highquality, free k12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students. A piece of the hard, rigid shell that covers the earth. Students will create a flap book of earth where they will need to. Plate tectonics foldable earth science, plate tectonics. Plate tectonics this plate tectonics lesson plan involves a classroom activity to help students understand the processes that move and shape earths surface.
Charles darwin in his origin of the species gave one of the most quantitative estimates of geologic time. Improve your students reading comprehension with readworks. Key concepts include e changes in earths crust due to plate tectonics. For more information on how to use these and other tools, see appendix a. Chapter10 plate tectonics boiling springs high school. Lithosphere is divided into plates that slide around on top of the slowly moving mesosphere tectonic plates it occurred after the breakup of pangaea, and since then the. Plate tectonics strand earth patterns, cycles, and change topic investigating plate tectonics primary sol 5. For 2 centuries, ideas had been formulated about how mountains, ocean basins, etc. Students cut out the cover cards and glue them onto. Bring the bottom of your paper up so that it almost meets the top of your page about 1 to 2 cm away from the top. Online shopping for plate tectonics from a great selection at books store. Students cut out the cover cards and glue them onto the front of a three flap shutter fold foldable.
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