Using animations to illustrate the theory of plate tectonics, this video segment adapted from Discovering Women takes you to Lake Mead, Nevada, to see visual evidence of how plate movement has been stretching the North American continent.2m 13s

Concepts

plate tectonics, plate boundaries

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Additional Tags

geologic processes, rift zone, lake mead, pbs learningmedia: plate tectonics: lake mead, nevada, teachers' domain, wgbh

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional