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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP. NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Plate Tectonics Made to Order. http://institute.nsta.org/web_seminars.asp. NSDL Ready to Use Resources on Plate Tectonics (http://nsdl.org). NSDL Middle School Portal http://msteacher.org.
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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Plate Tectonics Made to Order http://institute.nsta.org/web_seminars.asp
NSDL Ready to Use Resources on Plate Tectonics (http://nsdl.org) NSDL Middle School Portal http://msteacher.org DLESE Teaching Boxes http://teachingboxes.org Enduring Resources for Earth Science Education (ERESE) http://earthref.org/ERESE
The Earth 200 Million Years Ago Cynognathus (land reptile) Lystrosaurus (land reptile) Glossopteris (fern) Mesosaurus (freshwater reptile)
Animations from the Middle School Portal on Plate Tectonic Activity Convergent Boundary Transform Boundary Divergent Boundary
Seafloor spreading forms ocean crust Studying the Ocean Floor
Question: What direction is the Pacific Plate moving at the blue X ? X
= Present-day location of some select active hotspots How Many Active Hotspots?
Western Pacific Hotspot Trails Press *6 to respond
How Fast does the Pacific Plate Move? 1841 km 26.6 13.0 7.2 5.1 0 Age of seamount in million of years
How Fast does the Pacific Plate Move? Distance from Active Hotspot = 1841 km Age of a Hawaiian Seamount = 26.6 m.y. Rate of Pacific Plate at Hawaii = 1841 km / 26.6 m.y. = 69 km/m.y. So, the rate of the Pacific Plate at Hawaii is 6.9 cm/yr
Enduring Resources for Earth Science Educationhttp://earthref.org/ERESE
ERESE Projects http://earthref.org/ERESE/projects/ALIAhttp://earthref.org/ERESE/projects/GOLF182
THANK YOU! Dr. Chris Symons csymons@ucsd.edu Dr. Anthony Koppers akoppers@ucsd.edu Robert Payo rpayo@nsdl.ucar.org
Go to http://nsdl.org and click on the K-12 audience page • Download this seminar’s companion guide Expert Voices feature with Dr. Koppers and Dr. Symons http://expertvoices.nsdl.org
National Science Teachers Association Gerry Wheeler, Executive Director Frank Owens, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning NSTA Web Seminars Flavio Mendez, Program Manager Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator Judith Lopes, Administrative Assistant Susan Hurstcalderone, Volunteer Chat Moderator LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP