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AMGEN SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2003

AMGEN SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2003. Plate Tectonics Sadhana Neurgaonkar La Reina High School Thousand Oaks, California. Unit:Dynamic Earth. Goals: The students will gain an understanding of the following: 1.The structure of the Earth 2.What is inside of the Earth

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AMGEN SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2003

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  1. AMGEN SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2003 Plate Tectonics Sadhana Neurgaonkar La Reina High School Thousand Oaks, California

  2. Unit:Dynamic Earth • Goals: The students will gain an understanding of the following: 1.The structure of the Earth 2.What is inside of the Earth 3.The movement of the Earth’s lithospheric plates 4.Plate tectonics 5.Major Plate Tectonics Processes Above goals will be achieved through the following activities: Lectures, Internet resources .hands-on activities such as -puzzles -fill in the blanks .Lab activities

  3. Assessment of the topics • Assessment will be done following ways: • Quizzes • Tests • Group work Two sample quizzes and a puzzle activity is given on the following pages.

  4. The structure of the EarthStudy the cross section of the Earth

  5. Structure of The Earth Puzzle TOPIC : THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH Across1. Lies below the crust 3. Liquid in nature and lies just below the mantle 4. Innermost layer of earth 6. Thin, solid, outermost layer of earth 7. Solid and made of iron and nickel Down2. Moving slabs of rocks called tectonic plates 5. Partially molten and pliable rock 7 of 7 words were placed into the puzzle. Visit Puzzlemaker at DiscoverySchool.com

  6. Major Tectonic Plates

  7. Plate Tectonics • Related websites for this topic: • Plate Tectonic animation, USGS • Plate Tectonics, Life in the Universe http://www.lifeinuniverse.org http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/pltec/pltec1.html http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/pltec/pltec2.html

  8. Plate Tectonics - Quiz 6. 7. 1. 4. 3. 2. 5.

  9. Major Plate Tectonic Processes

  10. Major Plate Tectonic Processes QuizLabel the boxes 1 7 6 2 3 5

  11. Acknowledgement • Thanks to Dr.William Bilodeau and Dr. Beverly Bryde for all their help and leadership. • Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the Amgen Summer Science Institute held at California Lutheran University, 2003. • -------Sadhana Neurgaonkar

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