You may find that students work slow at first, but once groups are organized and students. Foldables can be used for any subject and have many different uses. We are in unit of layers of learning and todays science lesson was on plate tectonics. The earths plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Use the table below and the map key on the types of plate boundaries map to draw the correct symbols identifying each type of plate boundary. Plates are composed of the crust and a part of the upper mantle, these two parts together are called the lithosphere. Write the reading check questions and answers for each lesson under its tab. Plate tectonics is a crust kinematic theory fitting observed geo physical data. Example of crosssection restoration in a faultpropagation fold masini et al. Monitoring as you read this chapter, use the reading checks to help you monitor your understanding of what you are reading. Plate tectonics make the following foldable to help you monitor your understanding of plate tectonics. Resources could be used at science centers, for warm up. Section 2 seafloor spreading main idea new discoveries. Types of plate boundaries map identification directions b 1. Types of plate boundaries map identification activity. When the concept of seafloor spreading came along, scientists recognized that it was the mechanism to explain how continents could move around earths surface. Making a foldable gives students a fast, kinesthetic activity that helps them organize and retain information.
Under each flap is specific information about each type of plate boundary ex. Lithosphere is divided into plates that slide around on top of the slowly moving mesosphere tectonic plates it occurred after the breakup of. Step 1 fold up the bottom edge of a legalsized sheet of paper about 3 cm and crease. However, there have been periods of longer glaciations, which. A foldable is to quote the queen of foldables, dinah zike. Also, you can decide if you want to give the foldable with the answers already given or a blank template so that students can fill in the answers. Hold your paper sideways and make a trifold this will create 3 boxes d. Access thousands of highquality, free k12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students. The theory of plate tectonics geology lumen learning. And yet heres another wheel foldable included is a foldable on plate tectonics. Crust mantle core crust lithosphere plate movement the crust is broken into plates that move. Continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics.
A fault is a break in the rocks that make up the earths crust, along which on either side rocks move pass eachother. Since the theory of plate tectonics was first introduced, how far has the tectonic plate were standing on moved. Plate tectonics strand earth patterns, cycles, and change topic investigating plate tectonics primary sol 5. Generation of folded terrains from simple vector maps halinria. Continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics plate tectonics is a theory developed in the late 1960s, to explain how the outer layers of the earth move and deform. The point where two plates meet is called a plate boundary. Plate tectonics describes the distribution and motion of the plates.
Edible plate tectonics page 1 focus on inquiry the student will use food to model and observe the plate movement and consequences of plate movement associated with the theory of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics foldable by kerrie riley teachers pay. The theory of plate tectonics grew out of earlier hypotheses and observations collected during exploration of the rocks of the ocean floor. Rock gets thin in the middle as it is pulled apart. Plate tectonics is a theory developed in the late 1960s, to explain how the outer layers of the. The theory has caused a revolution in the way we think about the earth. Pdf for decades, plate tectonics has revolutionised the philosophy behind.
On the underside of the tab, write separating plates now lets move on to the 2nd plate boundary. This flipbook, which illustrates the plate tectonic development of the continents and ocean basins during the past 750 million years, was assembled to commemorate the scientific career of. The lithosphere includes both the crust and the solid part of the. It helps to explain the formation, movements, collusions, and destruction of the earths crust. Lightly shade in each tectonic lithospheric plate with a different color if possible.
This includes cutouts, foldables or master copies where applicable. Through detailed mapping of exhumed ophiolites at sutures areas where tectonic plates merge and reconstruction of their past location, macdonald et al. Lesson content overview students will demonstrate, identify, and explain the movement of the plates at. The beauty of these foldables is that there is no pasting or stapling of papers into the journals. Label the pockets divergent, convergent, and transform. Layers of the earth cut and paste most students know that the earth has three layers the crust mantle and core but how many characteristics do they really know. The theory of plate tectonics all pieces of the earths lithosphere are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle. Plate boundary movements and their results foldable. Free powerpoint presentations about plate tectonics for. Plate tectonics is a theory explaining the structure of the earths crust and the interaction of plates that move slowly over underlying mantle. See more ideas about plate tectonics, earth and space science and 6th grade science. In addition, the diving plate melts and is often spewed out in.
Like the scientists before us, we will now merge the ideas of continental drift and seafloor spreading into the theory of plate tectonics. I prepared for todays lesson by projecting and tracing the following document plate tectonics template on a large bulletin board paper. Links the types of plate boundaries to the results of movement on those boundaries. Powerpoint presentation fault breaks in earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other. Label the middle tab divergent and draw the plate movements here lift the tab. Cut the shorter top layer along the 2 folded lines to make 3 flaps 2. Plate tectonics information and facts national geographic. Since the development of the theory, geologists have had to reexamine almost every aspect of. Science coloring pages pdf new parts of a volcano classification of. Textbooks explained these just like your textbooks explain plate tectonics. The layer below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere.
Tvfree day oreo plate tectonics whenever i can combine sweets with science, i do. Generation of folded terrains from simple vector maps. Tectonics plate boundaries worksheet for when studying plate tectonics. There are many different categories or disciplines that make up the science of geology. Notes on plate tectonics plate tectonics states that the earths crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, called plates. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur either on or near plate boundaries. Plate tectonics, carbon, and climate enhanced weathering of uplifted rocks in the tropics may have driven past glaciations oby jens hartmann ver the past 541 million years the phanerozoic eon, earths clima te has been relatively stable compared to preceding eons. Divergent boundaries how is the rock pulled at divergent boundaries. Continental drift and plate tectonics f you look closely at a world map, you might notice something about the coastlines of south america and africa. Plate tectonics interactive notebook a compilation of 9 plate tectonics resources including foldables, wordmeaning sort, pages to glue in, and a layers of the earth flip book, that can be used in your students science interactive notebooks.
Theory of plate tectonics 18 earths plate boundaries table 19 cutouts color 20 cutouts gray scale 21 answer key table 22 quiz. Launnch ch llabab plate boundaries make this foldable to compare the types of plate boundaries and their features. Plate tectonics the combination of ideas from continental drift, seafloor spreading, and many other discoveries led to the theory of plate tectonics. The constant, movement of the plates is called plate tectonics. Students can either construct the foldable as a handheld study tool or glue it into their interactive notebooks.
Students cut out the cover cards and glue them onto the front of a three flap shutter fold foldable. You will recall from a previous chapter that there are three. Nonplate tectonic styles were probably dominated by single lid tectonics and this evolved as earth cooled and its lithosphere thickened. Larger faults are mostly from action occuring in earths plates. A fault line is the trace of a fault, or the line of intersection between the fault line and the earths surface. For 2 centuries, ideas had been formulated about how mountains, ocean basins, etc.
As plates move, they collide, pull apart, or grind past each other producing things such as volcanoes, mountain ranges, and deep ocean trenches. According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earths crust and upper mantle are broken into moving plates of lithosphere. Improve your students reading comprehension with readworks. I also organized a few teacher notes on plate tectonics to help guide class discussions today. Plate tectonics foldable earth science, plate tectonics. Key concepts include e changes in earths crust due to plate tectonics. Plate tectonics make the following foldable to help identify what you already know, what you want to know, and what you learned about plate tectonics. Frank taylor first proposed this idea in 1910, alexander du toit later in 1937, harry hess explored the geomorphology of the seafloor by ship in 1960s. Which plates are converging at the northern border of india.
You simply use the pages that are already in the journal. Plate tectonics wheel foldable plate boundaries plate. Section 1 continental drift main idea the continental drift hypothesis states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations. Lithosphere is divided into plates that slide around on top of the slowly moving mesosphere tectonic plates it occurred after the breakup of pangaea, and since then the continents. The foldable compares and contrasts the three types of plate boundaries. Which plates are sliding past each other in california. Spread frosting on wax paper to cover an area a bit larger than the graham cracker square. Fold it over so that it is almost in half leave about 12 inches open at the end c. The movement of these plates is very slow but when they bump. The plate like sections that move as distinct masses cause much of the earths seismic activity at the boundary of these plates. Tectonics does not necessarily equal plate tectonics. A foldable is a 3d, studentmade, interactive graphic organizer based upon a skill.