5/18/09 - 6th Grade Plate Tectonics

Today we are going to explore plate tectonics (the cause of earthquakes and volcanoes).

Vocab:
Ridge -
Plate -
Convection -
Ring of Fire -
Pangea -

Slide 1 of this presentation explains plate movement as convection:http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/people/seth/107/t9conclude.htm

This interactive activity explains plate tectonics: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/#

Sites:

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html