Plate+Tectonics

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 * Plate Tectonics **

** 1st Millions of years ago the earth as we know today did not exist. Watch this clip to see the beginning of continents as we know them today. Click on link below. ** media type="custom" key="6004799" (Source: You Tube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVS_Yh6dTk&feature=player_embedded

**Now, test your knowledge of Pangea in the game link below. Click "Go Away" after the game ends.** (Source: NASA, For Kids Only) [|**http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/Pangaea_game.html**]

** 2nd Who thought of the idea of th ** **e continents drifting or moving?** (Source: Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana) Image retrieved from: Alfred Wegener: http://dbs.umt.edu/courses/sci226/gifs/images/lab5/image006.jpg

(Source: University of California Museum of Paleontology) [|**http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/techist.html**]
 * At link below, ****read to find out about Alfred Wegener and his theory of continental drift. **

** 3rd What are the layers of the earth? **

(Source: Cobb Learning) Image retrieved from: http://cobblearning.net/rlimpert/files/2009/09/physical-and-comp-layers.gif

**Learn more about the layers of the earth by watching this PowerPoint link below.** (Source: PowerPoint) http://fcweb.bloomington.k12.mn.us/~jgrabow/0077BCF5-011EDE4D.3/Inside the Earth.ppt

**To test your knowledge on the layers of the earth, click the link below, then click “Take Quiz” to begin, no need to enter your name.** (Source: proprofs.com) [|**http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=layers--earth_1**]

(Source: NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center) http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/dtam/images/schematic_map.jpg
 * 4th The earth’s crust consists of large plates. Which plate do you live on? ** ** In the link below, **** review all the plates and how they are named. **

** The link below will evaluate how much you remember about the names of the plates. ** (Source: University of Michigan, Global Change Program) http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/evolving_earth/evolving_earth.html

** 5th What causes Tectonic plates to move? Check out the link below. ** (Source: platetectonics.com) http://www.platetectonics.com/book/page_4.asp

(Source: Edvantage Press) Image retrieved from: http://www.bcscience.com/bc10/images/0_quiz-12.2-03.jpg

**Animation of how convection currents move in the earth’s mantle. See link below.** (Source: University of California, San Diego Supercomputer Center) [|**http://education.sdsc.edu/optiputer/flash/convection.htm**]

**Just for fun: Conduct your own experiment with convection currents. See link below.** (Source: You Tube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4nxCLMb1Is

** 6th H ow do the tectonic plates interact? ** ** At link below, **** read about the three kinds of plate movements: convergent, divergent, and transform. ** (Source: thinkquest.org) []

 ** 7th Wow, you've learned a lot! ** **See the video below where Bill Nye reviews plate tectonics.**  media type="custom" key="6005735" (Source: [|Plate Tectonics] @ [|Yahoo! Video] ) http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1595682/5390276

** T ** ** o see how much you learned, choose a review game or two from the link below. **  (Source: Quia Corporation) []