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This site has information about where the tectonic plates were located in the Pleistocene and throughout geologic time. You can view animations of the plates moving or download models.
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This page features a geological time scale that divides Earth's history into eras, periods, and epochs, and coordinates these divisions with biological developments.
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This
unit
introduces
students
to
the
development
of
the
theory
of
continental
drift.
They
will
examine
the
early
work
of
Alfred
Wegener
and
Alexander
DuToit,
investigate
lines
of
evidence
that
resulted
in
the
development
of
the
theory,
and
learn
about
the
final
lines
of
evidence
that
resulted
in
the
theory's
acceptance.
There
is
a
set
of
activities
in
which
the
students
construct
a
map
of
Pangea
using
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This site contains information about the continent of Antarctica. There is a classroom practice and instructional module. The students will be able to describe the general geology of the land under the Antarctic ice and to explain from where the rocks may have come.
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This page contains information and photographs related to climate change and its impact. The World View of Global Warming project is documenting this change through science photography from the Arctic to Antarctica, from glaciers to the oceans, across all climate zones.
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This quiz for younger students asks them 10 questions about plate motions, rock types in continental and oceanic crust, crustal formation and mountain building, the supercontinent Pangea, and the theory of continental drift. A link to a page on continental drift provides information to answer the questions.
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