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Interactive: Dynamic Earth
Complete this assignment in your journal.
Please make sure that it is NEAT and LEGBILE.
Title the activity “Dynamic Earth”
You will be going through an online interactive lesson. Be sure to read carefully to
complete all tasks. There is an online test at the end. Feel free to take extra notes as
needed, but you must meet all requirements below.
[8.9A] Describe the historical development of evidence that supports plate tectonic
theory.
[8.9B] Relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features.
1. Click on or type in the following link:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html
2. Read the intro, then click on the following online link to begin the exploration.
3. Roll your mouse over the picture of earth to read about the layers of
earth.
4. In your journal, draw and color a picture of the layers of the earth. Label
each layer and include the thickness of each layer. (found from hovering over the
picture)
5. Draw and color the cross section of the layers of the Earth including the Lithosphere
and Asthenosphere. When complete, click on the following link to continue:
6. Follow the instructions and click through to the Plate Tectonics page. Read and take
notes.
7. When you have read the page over Plate Tectonics, click on the following link to
continue with a short activity to test your knowledge so far:
8. Complete the task of arranging pictures into the timeline. When finished, click on the
next chapter, Plate Boundaries, to continue.
9. Read and take notes on the Plates & Boundaries page in your science journal.
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10. Illustrate the 3 type of plate boundaries. Use arrows to represent the different
types of boundaries and label each set of arrows with the type of boundary as shown in
the diagrams.
11. Use the guide on the online map to see where each type of boundary is located on
earth. Click on the following link to continue and test your knowledge of Plates &
Boundaries:
12. When you have finished the activity, you will be taken to the next page, Slip, Slide,
and Collide. Read the intro and click on the following picture to continue:
13. Read about Convergent Boundaries and draw a detailed picture
in your journal of this boundary and the crustal features formed.
Use color and label your drawing!
14. Read the information about convergent boundaries, including subduction zones. In
your journal, write 3-5 facts from the reading that you did not know before today.
15. Click ‘Next’ and read about the divergent boundaries. Click “start”
and watch the animation. In your journal, draw a detailed picture of
this boundary and the crustal feature formed. Use color and label
your drawing!
16. In your journal, write 3-5 facts from the reading about divergent boundaries.
17. Read about transform boundaries and draw a detailed
picture of this boundary in your journal. Use color and label
your drawing!
18. In your journal, write 3-5 facts about transform boundaries.
19. When you have a colored drawing for all 3 types of boundaries and 3-5 facts about
each type of boundary, take the “Plate Interactions Challenge” to test your knowledge
about boundaries.
20. When you have finished, go to the final chapter and take the test.
 Record your grade in your journal!