Plate Tectonics

January 23, 2010

Ellen's PowerPoint Presentation

Standards

 

Plate tectonics in the news

    Haiti Earthquake
        From IRIS: Teachable Moments

    From the USGS;  Eureka earthquake - January 10, 2010 

 

 

Activities

A Plate Tectonic Puzzle

    Video from Teachers Domain: Plate Tectonics: The Scientist Behind the Theory

Edible Tectonics

A Model of Sea-floor Spreading

Convection demo

    Convection (Rheoscopic) Fluid  Arbor Scientific

    Square bottles

Exploring Plate Tectonics with Jules Verne Voyager, Jr.

     Link for this activity: http://jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth. 

The Bay Area Has Its Faults

Movement on the San Andreas Fault

Bay Area Rocks

    Burminco

 

 

Recommended Links

I. Other Sources of Lessons

Musical Plates-  plotting current earthquake data

This Dynamic Planet Map includes printable pages of diagrams

    Order the map for $14

Discovering Plate Boundaries (masters of the figures, plus Teachers Guide and more).

 Google Earth File with plate boundaries, earthquakes, and volcanoes

 

II.  Plate tectonics/Geology Framework  

A. General

Savage Earth from PBS: animations of faults, seismic waves, plate boundaries,
volcanic eruptions and more.

B. California

From Tanya Atwater:  Animations including plate history of Western North America and California

Phil Stoffer's guide to Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay region (PDF file)

California Geography, Geology, Hazards, and Natural History Information (USGS)


III. Earthquakes

Forcasting California's Earthquakes - What Can We Expect in the Next 30Years? - UGSS

Recent California Earthquakes—USGS site.

Recent World Earthquakes—NEIC site.

The USGS Did You Feel It site, where you can report damage you felt in a recent earthquake, and view Mercalli intensity maps for recent earthquakes.

The USGS ShakeMap site, which has intensity maps of recent earthquakes.

1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance

IV.  Volcanoes

USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory

Dynamic Map of California's Volcanoes

Volcano World — Excellent clearinghouse for volcano information, with Teachers' and Students' sections.

How Volcanoes Work — SDSU site with lots of excellent background information (presented at college level).

Mammoth Lakes/Long Valley area volcanism — Excellent USGS site includes lots of downloadable information and graphics.

Lassen Volcanic National Park site — Includes a geologic history and stuff for kids.

California

From Tanya Atwater:  Animations including plate history of Western North America and California

Phil Stoffer's guide to Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay region (PDF file)

California Geography, Geology, Hazards, and Natural History Information (USGS)

Golden Gate National Recreation Area  information resources on the rocks and geology of the Golden Gate Headlands

California State Rock (Serpentinite)