Download Plate Tectonics (Pick points to total 100) Student Choice Activities

Plate Tectonics
(Pick points to total 100)
Student Choice Activities
1. Digital Picture Book
Pick a Library book and complete the
following:
Create a 7 slide PowerPoint
with a common SOLID
background color, OR
MovieMaker
Create a folder in Lynch
folder on the J:drive to hold
your PowerPoint and digital
scans
Create a title slide including:
1. Name, date, block
2. Scan in cover of the book
Scan in 5 pictures/diagrams
from the book.
Add 2 bullet points for each
picture/diagram that
summarizes the information.
Last slide will be a
conclusion of what you
learned from the book.
2. Earthquake data map on a Word
document or Poster
3. Pangaea Puzzle and Continental
timeline (pg. 76 B)
Research information about 20 major
earthquakes and label locations on a
tectonic plate map
Create document and save to
Lynch folder in J:dive.
Get a copy of the Pangaea Puzzle lab
activity (1 questions page, 5 maps, and
blank Lab report)
Go to Google image and
search “Pangaea movement”
use 1st image to help you…
Go to Google images and find a
tectonic plate map, copy and
paste it to your document.
Go to www.classzone.com
1. Go to Ch. 5 Earthquakes
2. Go to The Science of
Seismology-Latest QuakesWorld Regional maps-East/West
Hemisphere
Locate 10 in Eastern
Hemisphere 5.0 or greater and
record the following information
1. Magnitude
2. Date/Time
3. Latitude/Longitude
4. Depth
5. Region
Identify location of each
Earthquake on your tectonic
plate map
Record
1. Location of continents
during the 5 time periods
2. Name of 5 time periods
3. Years ago of each period
Draw and label time period
information on your timeline
Cut out pieces of puzzle and
label, place on correct location
for each of the 5 time periods.
Complete the questions and
fill out the Lab report
List the 3 evidences of
continental drift (Frogs Can’t
Gurgle) and explain
Definition of the Theory of
Plate Tectonics AND
Continental Drift
Repeat process for 10 in
Western Hemisphere
30points
4. Puzzle Maker and Review
Games
Create a crossword puzzle and a
Word Search using your vocabulary
words:
Go to www.puzzlemaker.com/.
1. Add your words and clues
2. Click on solution and
print a copy of your puzzle.
3. Save a blank copy to the
J:drive
Create 2 review games using
vocabulary/definitions
(Classtools.net, SMART
notebook, PowerPoint
picture guess, or invent your
own)
50points
5. Layers of Earth
Diagram/MovieMaker
50points
6.
3 Types of Plate Boundaries
Foldable
Tri-fold or Pyramid
Draw a diagram OR copy and
paste a picture into a word
document OR MovieMaker
Definition of Divergent,
Convergent, Transform
boundary
Give 3 facts about each layer
1. Crust
2. Lithosphere
3. Asthenosphere
4. Mantle
5. Outer core
6. Inner core
Draw picture of what happens
to the crust, and direction of
plate movement
Identify 1 landforms type
found there (ex. Mountain,
volcano etc.)
List a specific example of the
landform type and where it
can be found on a map
(ex. Alps mountains-Europe)
20points
30points
20points
7. Make a Quake-Earthquake
simulator
Go to www.classzone.com and then
to Earthquake EngineeringEarthquakes
Figure the correct
combination to keep the
building safe and standing
(least amount of damage)
1. Ground
2. Prevention
3. Magnitude= Superquake
You must copy down the
correct combination number
and explanation to receive
full credit.
Summarize the Aftermath
explanation of YOUR
quake.
20points
8. Venn Diagram-PowerPoint
9. Types of Volcanoes
Compare and Contrast: Volcanoes vs.
Earthquakes
Create PowerPoint with 5 slides
and a SOLID common
background color
Draw/label a diagram OR MovieMaker
of each of the 3 types of volcanoes
Cinder cone
Composite/stratovolcanoes
Shield
Create a title slide including:
1. Name, date, block
2. Save to Lynch folder
Record the LOCATION and DATE OF
LAST ERUPTION and TYPE of each
of the famous volcanoes listed:
Go to Google image and search
“Venn diagram”. Copy and past
into your PowerPoint
Research and record
1. Causes
2. Effects
3. Locations
4. Plate movement
Volcano slide/Earthquake slide
(2 examples) Must include:
1. Name
2. Location
3. Picture
Mt. Fuji
Mt. St. Helens
Mauna Loa
Mt. Vesuvius
Krakatau
Mt. Pinatubo
Kilauea
Cotopaxi
Acongua
Kilimanjaro
El Chicon
30points
50points
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