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Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/index.html
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These pages, from PBS Online, demonstrate how plate tectonics affect the Earth's surface. It includes a brief introduction to the four main boundary types (convergent, divergent, collisional, and transform), a series of pages with information about related people and discoveries, such as pioneer geologists Hess, Wegener, and Holmes, and an interactive activity illustrating plate movement.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Computer activity
  • Visual:
    • Illustration - scientific
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geology
    • Structural geology
Technical requirements:
Shockwave player
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
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DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-001-609
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: WGBH