Download Sources of information about plate tectonics

Sources of information about plate tectonics
1. Inside the Earth (www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/layers_of_the_earth)
Video explaining the Earth’s structure and how the crust is often mistaken for the tectonic
plates.
2. Plate Tectonics Explained (youtu.be/kwfNGatxUJI)
An excellent short ‘cartoon’-style video by Minute Earth that explains slab pull and why
geoscientists consider this is the key driving force of plate movement.
3. What Drives Plates? (www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/217_Slab_pull.pdf)
Activity and lesson plan from Earth Learning Idea.
4. Why do rocks melt anyway? (www.wired.com/2012/12/why-do-rocks-melt-volcano)
Blog article.
5. Student and teacher pages from the Geological Society (www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics)
Seismic tomography
(www.iris.edu/hq/files/programs/education_and_outreach/lessons_and_resources/docs/es_tom
ography.pdf)
Leaflet explaining how tomography is created.
6. Tomographic section (tomogram) (http://csmap.jamstec.go.jp/csmap)
This tool enables you to create a tomogram for any section across the Earth, so you can ‘look’
inside it.
7. Mechanical properties of the mantle
(www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/78_Bouncing_bending_breaking.pdf)
Practical activity and lesson plan, from Earth Learning Idea, for simulating the elastoviscous
properties of the mantle.
8. Revealing what happens beneath Earth's tectonic plates
(www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11397050)
Online article explaining the discovery and significance of the ‘slippery’ layer at the base of the
lithosphere.
9. Plate Tectonics (www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/geology/platetectonics/content-section-0)
Open Learn free course from the Open University.
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