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Work in partners and complete a WebQuest by answering
the questions provided on the slides.
Each person will assemble his or her own data then share
it with his or her partner to collect the notes faster.
Participate in a class discussion over answers to questions
from WebQuest.
Copy the correct answers in an organized outline form into
your Science Journals using this link (use only first page):
http://writingcenter.mcc.edu/Outlining.pdf
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Complete the table in your Science Journals with the
column of information you learned.
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Help your group create a model of one type of
boundary.
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Consider how changes in building can help with your
plate interaction damage.
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Help contribute to an oral presentation describing how
your model accurately shows the plate movement.
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There will be a short quiz at the end of each week
over the information.
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Click on the plate boundary you
want to research first.
CONVERGENT
DIVERGENT
TRANSFORM
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http://www.platetectonics.com/book/page_5.asp
Go to you section of slides labeled with Convergent Boundaries.
Read through section and answer questions:
Draw two plates in you notes & put arrows on the plates to
show movement.
Formulate a definition for convergent plates.
Location where crust is recycled is called what?
Name and describe the three types of convergent boundaries?
Can you think of an example in the U.S. of ocean-continental
convergence with mountains located on coastline?
Describe what forms with the ocean-ocean convergence (2)?
Give a location of the ocean-ocean convergence?
Continental-continental convergence raises the land by forming
what?
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate4.htm
Find the answers to the following questions on this site….
 Go to your section of the webpage for Convergent labeled by “If
this is the case, where did all the rest of the crust go?”
 This will review some material already learned about but this
shows a motion diagram of how the convergence works. Push
play to see the convergence being shown.
 What type of convergence is being shown?
 Give another name for subduction zones?
 Give their example of a surface expression of subduction zone?
 What boundary of convergence (of the three) can subduction not
occur?
 Name the example given?
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http://www.platetectonics.com/book/page_5.asp
Go to you section of slides labeled with Divergent Boundaries.
Read through section and answer questions:
Draw two plates in you notes & put arrows on the plates to show
movement.
Formulate a definition for convergent plates.
What is created with divergent boundaries- called on land?
In an ocean is born, what is created?
In an ocean is born, can you name the most dramatic example
of this?
In an ocean is born, Name the famous ridge that is separating
America from Europe?
Name the continent that is growing along the above mention
ridge?
Give the name of the two plates for this growing?
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate4.htm
Find the answers to the following questions on this site….
 Go to your section of the webpage for Divergent labeled by “The
first sort of plate boundary is divergent boundary…”
 This will review some material already learned about but this
shows a motion diagram of how the divergence works. Push play
to see the divergence model work.
 What is coming up through the opening made by the plates?
 As the plates move, what is formed (explain with three parts)?
 In the ocean, when the plates move apart it is called what?
 What can the movement of plates result in (changes in what)?
 Give the time period and year range of the oldest crust in the
ocean?
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http://www.platetectonics.com/book/page_5.asp
Go to you section of slides labeled with Transform-Fault
Boundaries.
Read through section and answer questions:
Draw two plates in you notes & put arrows on the plates to show
movement.
Formulate a definition for transform-fault plates.
What are these commonly known as?
Where are most of these faults found and what do they produce
at plate margins?
Name a famous transform-fault on land in the U.S.?
How long have the plates been grinding? How far do they move
in a year?
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate4.htm
Find the answers to the following questions on this site….
 Go to your section of the webpage for Transform labeled by “The
third type of plate boundary is called a conservative or transform
boundary.”
 This will review some material already learned about but this
shows a motion diagram of how the transform-faults work. Push
Play to see the transform fault model.
 Why is this transform also called conservative?
 Describe how the plates move?
 What is located along these plates- what occurs?
 Why do these occur?
 Give another example of where transform boundaries are found
other than the one we already named?
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This test will consist of an online generated quiz.
You will have the link to the quiz below to
practice.
◦ http://www.purposegames.com/game/1806
◦ The key is also on the next slide to study correctly.
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A term from plate tectonics will appear in the box
at the top.
You will need to find its location and click on that
on the location.
Time is not necessary to worry about.
The grade at the end is you unit test grade.
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After the research has been completed, students will
divide into 3 groups in the class- one for each of the
three boundaries.
Your group will design a model of two plates showing
their movement with the plate boundary you were
assigned.
The model also needs to show what is formed with the
plate movement.
You model should be creative! You have the freedom to
make what ever you will like as long as the items are
found in the room!
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The model can be made of cardboard (boxes will work)
and construction paper, but you do not need to. You may
want to make houses, people and other objects on the
model to also show what happens to them as the plates
move.
As an example, you can use two cardboard boxes, label
their movement with arrows, and put construction paper
in between the plates to show what happens when they
move.
This model will be presented to the whole class and
enhance the concepts learned making the whole class
understand the plate boundaries.
This presentation should be limited to around ten
minutes.
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Students should have learned how each boundaryConvergent, Divergent, and Transform- move and
what forms with these movements.
Students should have understood examples of these
in real life.
Students have met part of the Earth and Space
Sciences Standard, Scientific Inquiry, Science and
Technology, and Scientific Ways of Knowing.
Group work, note taking and organizing skills, as well
as oral presentation practice and artistic model
making skills were used with this lesson.
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Summary- Students have learned about the three types of boundariesconvergent, divergent and transform- through their in depth research with a
WebQuest. Class discussions were done before and after research was
conducted. Students were placed in pairs for research investigation, then in
groups for model-making and presentations.
 Learners- 8th grade students in my science periods
 Standards- Grade 8
Earth and Space Sciences- Earth Systems- 15. Illustrate how the three primary
types of plate boundaries (transform, divergent and convergent) cause
different landforms (e.g., mountains, volcanoes and ocean tranches).
Science and Technology- Give examples of how technological advances,
influenced by scientific knowledge, affect the quality of life.
 Resources- Power Point slides for viewing WebQuest, the internet access for
research, supplies for models (cardboard and/or boxes, construction paper,
markers),
 Possible resources: a USB or CD for saving work, and Word or Power Point for
media help with oral presentation.
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http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate4.htm
http://www.platetectonics.com/book/page_
5.asp
http://geology.csupomona.edu
http://writingcenter.mcc.edu/Outlining.pdf
http://www.purposegames.com/game/180
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