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Curated OER

Shaky New Zealand

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore Earth science by building a model in class. In this tectonic plate lesson, students identify the impact tectonic shifts have on humans and animals and where the plates and faults lie under New Zealand. Students examine...
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Curated OER

Striking Earthquake!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students simulate strike slip faults using CEENBoTs. For this earth science lesson, students identify the fault lines and tectonic plates on a world map. They label the different parts of a fault line.
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Curated OER

Normal (dip-slip) Earthquake!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students label the fault lines and tectonic plate boundaries on the world map. In this earth science lesson plan, students simulate ocean floor formation using CEENboTs. They explain the causes of earthquakes.
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Curated OER

Shaky New Zealand

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore geography by answering study questions in class. In this plate tectonics lesson, students identify the earthquake data concerning the country of New Zealand and answer questions regarding the data. Students identify...
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NOAA

Into the Deep

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Take young scientists into the depths of the world's ocean with the second instructional activity of this three-part earth science series. After first drawing pictures representing how they imagine the bottom of the ocean to appear,...
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Curated OER

Plotting Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars, after plotting earthquake locations on the map, should correctly; identify the pattern of earthquake locations and identify the ring of fire.