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Investigating Axial Seamount: Using Student-Generated Models to Understand Plate Tectonics
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Teach students to use their own models as tools for constructing a scientific explanation of a natural phenomenon.
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Tried and True: Volcano! Investigating Plate Tectonics, Geologic Time, and the Rock Cycle
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue explores volcanoes.
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Pangea Redux: Students learn about plate tectonics using Wilson Cycle models
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The authors suggest that a basic misconception exists about the cyclic nature of plate tectonic theory that inhibits teachers and students from fully appreciating just how dynamic Earth has been and will be over the…
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I chose the topic of Plate Tectonics because I believe it is really interesting to learn and fun to teach. As I have been passing through a lot of earthquakes and tsunami alerts it brings me the curiosity to learn more…
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Plate Tectonics Resources
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Interactive E-book |
The Plate Tectonics Interactive E-book* explores the materials that make up Earth and the processes they undergo, providing a framework for understanding how continents are created and changed over time. Earth is not a…
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