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Sea Floor Spreading

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Students discuss convection currents in the Earth's mantle, how they form, and how they move as well as the causes of earthquakes. Working in a group, they analyze a color coded World Earthquake Map and try to determine which direction each plate is moving. After discussing their predictions, they build a model of sea floor spreading.

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convection currents, convection, seafloor spreading, the sea floor, earthquakes

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continental plates, convection currents, earthquakes, sea floor spreading, science
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Resource Details

Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2006

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