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Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker InteractivePbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker Interactive
Publisher
PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Lexile Measures
1370L
Interactive

Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

Curated by ACT

This interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey Web site helps you visualize different types of plate tectonic activity and shows the impact this activity has on Earth's surface.

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Concepts

continental drift, plate boundaries, plate movement, plate tectonics

Additional Tags

earth crust, earth processes, earth structure, lithospheric plates, structure of the earth system, pbs learningmedia: mountain maker, earth shaker, teachers' domain, wgbh

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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