Plate tectonics : teacher notes and student activities  

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Lewis, G.B.

Abstract

The Plate Tectonics education resource comprises; <li>56 page booklet including the concepts behind plate tectonics, the internal structure of Earth, three types of plate boundaries, evidence in support of plate tectonics such as palaeomagnetism, and examples of plate tectonics' importance</li> <li>5 reproducible student activities</li> <li>suggested answers</li> The booklet reviews the nature of Earth's outer layers and how they interact to create moving continents, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Activities cover key concepts of plate tectonic theory. Suitable for secondary level Years 7-12

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• GA PublicationRecord

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• geoscience education

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• plate tectonics

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• palaeomagnetism

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• volcanology

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• Earth Sciences

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1995-01-01T00:00:00

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Record 1995/008

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