Educating Students on Plate Tectonics

Activity Table of Contents
Cover - Activity Guide

UNIT I - EVIDENCE FOR PLATES

1) Continental Drift Hypothesis
                          Pangea Revisited Activity (T) (S) (OH)

2) Defining the Plate Boundaries
                          Introduction to the Seafloor (T) (S) (OH)
                          Quakes and Plates (T) (S) (OH)

3) Lithospheric Plates
                          Why is there Lithosphere? (T) (S) (OH)
                          Puzzling Plates - Part I (T) (S) (OH)

UNIT II - EVIDENCE FOR PLATE MOTION

4) Divergent and Transform Plate Boundaries
                          Investigating Seafloor Spreading (T) (S) (OH)
                          The Age of the Ocean Floor (MAP) (DOC)
                          Fracture Zones and Transform Boundaries (T) (S)

5) Intra-Plate Volcanism
                          Hot Spots! (T) (S)

6) Convergent Plate Boundaries
                          Ring of Fire and Quakes (DOC) (REV) (FIGS)
                          The Benioff Box (T) (S) (FIG)

7) Multiple Plate Interactions
                          Closing of an Ocean (DRAFT)
                          Play-Doh Plates (T) (S)

8) Plate Tectonics Theory
                          Hot Plates- Thermal Convection (DRAFT)