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Ginnie Gaskey

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Introduction

        This page is available to all 8th grade regular science students and their parents.  It is here so
        that you can keep up with what is going on in the classroom.  It has the assignments, projects,
        and fun internet activities to help enhance what you are learning in the classroom.
The following links come from all over the World Wide Web and represent a variety of aspects related to Plate Tectonics. You may complete the following Internet activities alone or by working with friends. You may complete all or only some of the activities depending on your goals for the study of Plate Tectonics.

The purpose of this Web page is to give you a sampling of some of the aspects related to Plate Tectonics. Each of the activities asks you to make a personal commitment to what you like, believe, or feel about a topic. Good luck and have fun!
 


Assignments

        Monday - Video (Restless Earth)
        Tuesday - Vocab Test (Rocks); Vocabulary words (Plate Tectonics)
        Wednesday - Plate Tectonics Web quest
        Thursday - Lab (Plasticity)
        Friday - Volcanoes, Earthquakes and More W.S

Note: Clicking on the bolded Internet links on this page will open a new browser window so you can get back to these instructions and activities easily. When you've finished, close the new browser window and move on to another activity that interests you.

Puzzles of the Earth

Activity:

            #1   What is Plate Tectonics?
            #2   What is the impact of continental drift?


 
 

 Geographic Features

Activity:

            #3    What happens when force is applied to rock layers?
            #4    What is a volcano?


 

 Beaches

Activity:

            #5    What could you do to reduce erosion along a stretch of beach?


 
 
 

Projects

You have had the opportunity to explore some important aspects of PLATE TECTONICS: Volcanoes, Beaches, Continental Drift. Plate Tectonics puts all the pieces together.  Now take the quiz or play the game.
 

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Date this page was last modified 01/10/05 .