This website was created after attending the Teacher Floating Workshop (2018) in Prince William Sound. The workshop was developed by Alaska Geographic and started out in Seward, Alaska. (Names ?)
Beginning the Floating Teacher Workshop, we spent two days in the classroom learning about the inter tidal zone, glaciers and the Exon Valdez Oil Spill. (More details)
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Earth Formation and the Tectonic Plates
The Science Hub's lesson plan incorporates the Ring of Fire, a video and a map of the location of the tectonic plate.
This website contains activities and videos on geology. Check out the video on the Earth's layers (2 min.) for beginning the unit.
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National Geographic presents a 2 min. video on continental drift and Pangaea.
Science 7 Continents of the World-Geography for Kids Educational Videos by Mocomi
Mocomi gives a quick overview of the continents (about 3-4 min). Tectonic Plates Make Me Genius
A 5 minute video by Make Me Genius on how the Earth’s crust is broken into tectonic plates. Plate Tectonics by Brainpop
The topic of Pangaea and continental drift are introduced (about 7 min). The American Museum of Natural History website for kids to explore the movement of plate.
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Heat and the Movement of Plates
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Jared describes how the heat allows the crust to move and explains how the plates of the earth make volcanoes, earth quakes and mountains (6 min).
The Science Learning Hub talks about the layers of the Earth and shows a picture of the tectonic plates.
Plate Tectonics-Smithsonian is a website that displays a good map showing the Ring of Fire.
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What Causes Earthquakes-FunScienceDemoVideos- Jared show how the earth's plates move, and how the continents are affected (5 mins).
For Teacher Background Knowledge watch
A teacher video gives content background information describing the plates and their movement in more detail by MikeSammartano (about 12 min). |