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Plate Tectonics Revolution: Interactive Learning at Your Desktop

Dive into Plate Tectonics Made to Order with NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar. Explore Earth's dynamic past and present through animations and resources. Discover the Pacific Plate movement and hotspots. Engage in live learning!

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Plate Tectonics Revolution: Interactive Learning at Your Desktop

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  1. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Plate Tectonics Made to Order http://institute.nsta.org/web_seminars.asp

  2. 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

  3. The Earth 200 Million Years Ago Cynognathus (land reptile) Lystrosaurus (land reptile) Glossopteris (fern) Mesosaurus (freshwater reptile)

  4. The Earth’s Plates Today

  5. Animations from the Middle School Portal on Plate Tectonic Activity Convergent Boundary Transform Boundary Divergent Boundary

  6. Poll Question: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a …

  7. Plate Tectonics: The Revolution of the Earth Sciences

  8. Seafloor spreading forms ocean crust Studying the Ocean Floor

  9. Subduction Destroys Crust

  10. How Old is Ocean Floor ?

  11. Question: What direction is the Pacific Plate moving at the blue X ? X

  12. More Than 50,000 Seamounts

  13. How Does a Seamount Grow?

  14. Hotspots Make Seamount Chains

  15. = Present-day location of some select active hotspots How Many Active Hotspots?

  16. Western Pacific Hotspot Trails Press *6 to respond

  17. 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

  18. Poll Question: How fast does the Pacific Plate move?

  19. 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

  20. Enduring Resources for Earth Science Educationhttp://earthref.org/ERESE

  21. Principle of ERESE Resource Matrix

  22. Example of ERESE Resource Matrix

  23. Example of ERESE Image

  24. ERESE Projects http://earthref.org/ERESE/projects/ALIAhttp://earthref.org/ERESE/projects/GOLF182

  25. THANK YOU! Dr. Chris Symons csymons@ucsd.edu Dr. Anthony Koppers akoppers@ucsd.edu Robert Payo rpayo@nsdl.ucar.org

  26. 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

  27. 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

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