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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Bathymetric Evidence for Seafloor Spreading

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Seafloor features and how scientists map them.
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Graphic
University of California

Ucmp: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides hyperlinks to the history behind and the mechanisms driving plate tectonics. Be sure to click on the globe icons for animations of plate tectonics.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker: You Try It

For Students 9th - 10th
What can a hard-boiled egg tell you about the Earth? Check this site out to learn. Be sure to click on "Plate Tectonics activity" for a graphic representation.
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Website
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Dive and Discover: Expeditions to Sea Floor

For Students 9th - 10th
Join Woods Hole scientists as they search for new volcanic eruptions on the ridge system in the eastern Pacific.
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Activity
Other

Paleomap Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual reality animation map showing continental drift from 200mya to the present. The animation map is small but effective in showing the positions of the land masses.
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive animation showing how stream flow forms sedimentary rocks. Page also includes a short quiz.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Seafloor Spreading Hypothesis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers seafloor spreading and the mechanism for continental drift.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tectonic Plate Motions

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Graphic
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Mid Oceanic Ridge

For Students 6th - 8th
This site from USGS provides a map of the mid-oceanic ridge in the sea floor of oceans.