Plate Tectonics: Our Shaking World: February 2016

Shaking Our World: Plate Tectonics

Shaking Our World

You will work collaboratively to complete assignments from a Menu. You will work to complete a given number of tasks at each level working together at work stations. You will each have different tasks to complete and should choose the station to complete the work based on your personal interest.

Essential Questions

- How do the earth’s tectonic plates move?

- How does the earth change due to movement along plate boundaries?

- What are the features of a plate boundary?

- How does plate movement affect landforms?

Lithosphere Layer (CRUST)

SHAKING OUR WORLD

Plate Tectonic Project
How does the earth change due to movement along plate boundaries and inside earth?

Lithosphere Layer

Crust

MINI POSTERS

(8 1/2" x 11" or PowerPoint)

FOLDABLES

PLATE BOUNDARIES

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

MOUNTAINS

EARTH'S INTERIOR

ACTIVE FOLDERS

VIDEOS

BRAINPOP & BRAINPOP ESPANOL

Difficulty = Easy

GENERAL WEBSITE:

www.brainpop.com OR esp.brainpop.com

Login: ihslafayette

Password: brainpop

Videos:

Earth’s Structure

Estructura de la Tierra (Español)

Plate Tectonics

Placas Tectónicas (Español)

Earthquakes

Terremotos (Español)

Mountains

Montañas (Español)

Ocean Floor

Suelo Oceanico (Español)

Volcanoes

Volcanes (Español)

Tsunamis

Tsunami(Español)

MUSIC VIDEOS
Difficulty = Easy

IHSL Students

EXPLORATION LABS

Earth's Interior

Plate Boundaries

Mantle Layer

Mantle Layer

(Asthenosphere - Upper Mantle)

SCALE MODELS
Create a scale model (that resembles the actual feature) of one of the topics including labels of all parts and vocabulary and a summary using all vocabulary from the topic.

EARTH'S INTERIOR

PLATE BOUNDARIES

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

PREDICTION MAP
You will use a map of the tectonic plates to show the features created at each type of boundary.

Symbols

Plate Tectonics Map

ANIMATION CARTOON

Create the dialog for different characters in an animation. You will need a login and password to use Go Animate!, please ask Kara to create one for you.

https://goanimate4schools.com/school/kmacdevit

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

SEISMIC WAVES

RAP/SONG/STORY/POEM

Write an original Rap, Song, Story or poem using a minimum of 8-10 vocabulary words and their definitions.

LISTEN CURRENT - PODCAST

Difficulty = Hard

GENERAL WEBSITE:

www.listencurrent.com

ALL TOPICS

Two Kinds of Earthquakes

Volcanoes and Geothermal Energy

Tsunami Science

Cooking Up a Super Volcano

Fracking and Earthquakes

VIDEOS

PBS LEARNING MEDIA

Difficulty = Medium

GENERAL WEBSITE:

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org

ALL TOPICS
Savage Earth | Animations

PLATE TECTONICS & PLATE BOUNDARIES

Plate Tectonics: An Introduction

Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries

Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

Tectonic Plate Movement in Alaska

Plate Tectonics: The Scientist Behind the Theory

Continental Divide: The Breakup of Pangaea |...

Making North America | The Cascadia Subduction Zone

FAULTS

The Hayward Fault: Predictable Peril

MOUNTAINS & ISLANDS

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

Mountain in the Sea | Secrets of the Ocean Realm

Nature | How to Build an Island from Scratch

Making North America | Granite vs. Basalt Formation

VOLCANOES

Nature | The World of Volcanoes

Life on Fire: Tectonic Volcanoes

Bromo Volcano Mountain in the Morning | Earth's Surface

Mount St. Helens' Flowing Lahar | Earth's Surface

National Parks | Volcanic Features

Volcanoes in the Infrared

Life on Fire: Humans and Volcanoes

GPS: Lava Flow

Deep Ocean Volcanoes | Ocean Today

Underwater Hotspots

NOVA | Meet the Volcanoes

Virtual Lava Tube

Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiian Archipelago

EARTHQUAKES

Making a Seismometer

Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Record

Earthquake Prediction

Chile Earthquake Might Have Shortened Earth's Day | EarthSky

Mount Pinatubo: The Aftermath of a Volcanic Eruption

Earthquakes: Los Angeles

Earthquakes: San Francisco

NOVA | Earthquakes: The Seismograph

Seismic Signals

Nature | Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Destructive Forces

Mr. Conductor Explains Earthquakes | Dinosaur Train

Earthquake! When Plates Collide

TSUNAMIS

Savage Earth | Animations: Tsunami Attack

Scary Tsunamis

Savage Earth | Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis

Once and Future Tsunamis

Alaska Tsunami

Anatomy of a Tsunami

KHAN ACADEMY

Difficulty = Hard

GENERAL WEBSITE:

www.khanacademy.org

ALL TOPICS

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/cosmology-and-astronomy/earth-history-topic

EARTH’S INTERIOR

Layers of Earth

Plate tectonics: Difference between crust and lithosphere

Structure of Earth

PLATE TECTONICS/PLATE BOUNDARIES

Pangaea

Plate Tectonics: Evidence of Plate Movement

Divergent Boundaries

Convergent Boundaries

Plates Moving due to Convection in the Mantle

EARTHQUAKE

Seismic Waves

DEMONSTRATION LAB

Complete the demonstration lab on Convection Currents, learn about why they happen and how they move the plates.

Core Layer

Core Layer
Inner & Outer

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

EVIDENCE ESSAY

NARRATIVE VIDEOS

POEMS & STORIES

EVIDENCE LABS Ring of Fire

Density

Presentations

KNOWLEDGE SHOWCASE

Create a showcase of your knowledge using Activities that you completed during the project.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. ACTIVITIES - Choose 2-3 activities that you are most proud of to present (Model, Mini-posters, Foldables, Prediction Map, Labs, Narrative Video, Animation, Poem, Song, Photographic Evidence, etc...)

2. HANDOUTS - Include a handout for your students to complete while you are presenting. You may use the quizzes that you have already created or you may have to create something new. You should print 4 copies (if it is only 1 page) or give them to Kara to copy for you.

Your presentation should be NO LONGER than 10 minutes.

Presentation Examples:

Convection Current Lab

Students do one part of the lab and fill out a handout.

Lab Handouts