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Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers convergent plate boundaries where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on divergent plate boundaries. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Ocean Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers convergent plate boundaries and oceanic plate subduction.
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Ck 12: Continent Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes convergent plate boundaries where two continental plates come together.
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Ck 12: Continent Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes convergent plate boundaries where two continental plates come together.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries
Covers divergent plate boundaries on land.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Transform Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers transform plate boundaries on land and in the ocean.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Transform Plate Boundaries
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers transform plate boundaries on land and in the ocean.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Tectonic Plates
Labeled map showing locations of world's tectonic plates.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Plate Tectonics
What are tectonic plates? Discover how tectonic plates move, the different types, and learn about their boundaries.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: A Lesson in Plate Tectonics
With its clickable map, this site provides text and graphics on spreading boundary, converging boundary, subduction zone, transverse boundaries and faults.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Plate Tectonics
In this interactive tutorial you will learn about the theory of continental drift and why it was ultimately rejected. Then learn about the theory of plate tectonics and the evidence to support it. Lastly discover the types of boundaries...
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Paleomap Project: Earth History
The PALEOMAP Project illustrates the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years. Includes virtual 3D paeloglobes.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Ring of Fire 2: What Earthquakes Tell Us About Plate Tectonics
The theory of plate tectonics revolutionized geology in the 1960's. In this project you can explore the connection between plate tectonics and earthquakes by mapping historical seismic data.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Ring of Fire 1: What Volcanoes Tell Us About Plate Tectonics
The Ring of Fire is a region of volcanic and earthquake activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. In this project you can explore the connection between plate tectonics and volcanic activity by mapping historical data.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: When Continents Collide
Material to begin an exploration of plate tectonics and mountain formation. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on metamorphic rocks and mountain building, and ideas for teaching this...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Dynamic Earth: Slip, Slide, & Collide
Looking for more information about plate tectonics and what happens at plate boundaries? This site gives definitions of all plate boundaries as well as animations to help visualize what is happening.
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University of Delaware: Plate Tectonics
This site is a very simple overview of plate tectonics. It includes a map of all the major plates and a diagram of the layers of the earth.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Writing About Plate Tectonics
This lesson is a writing assignment focussed on the use of data to support the theory of plate tectonics. It includes a scoresheet that was created for a calibrated peer review assignment. The assignment directs students to determine the...
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