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Name:______________________________ Period: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 Plate Tectonics Model Project Purpose: By creating a 3 –D model of plate tectonics, students will demonstrate an understanding of topics related to the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth’s plates. Enduring Understandings: Convection currents in the mantle are the major force that causes plate motion. As plates move, they collide, pull apart, or slide past each other. Changes in the Earth’s surface including volcanoes, mountain ranges, and deepocean trenches are caused by plate tectonics. Directions: 1. Select two of the eight topics to study from the attached list. Each topic has 2 to 4 questions that must be researched and answered in a type-written paragraph and displayed with your project. 2. Conference with your teacher to select one topic to study. 3. Selection due: ________. 4. Create a timeline which identifies the work to be done for this project and due dates for each task. Timeline due:_________ 5. Create a graphic organizer which includes the questions to be answered for your topic. You will need to use at least three sources while researching your project. Your sources must be stated on your graphic organizer. Graphic Organizer due: _________ 6. Projects should be made from found materials and will be recycled at the end of the project. Project is due:_________ Topics of Study: 1. Continental Drift: Plate Motions Over Time Collect and analyze information regarding the movement of the Earth’s plates over time. Create a display to portray the history of the motion of Earth’s plates and answers the following questions: Who was Alfred Wegener and how is he related to the theory of continental drift? What do matching mountain ranges in Africa and South America show, according to Wegener’s hypothesis? How would continental drift affect a continent’s climate? Why was Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift rejected by scientists during his lifetime? 2. Earth’s Ocean Floor Create a 3-D model which shows the locations of Earth’s deep ocean trenches and midocean ridges and answers the following questions: How did scientists determine the location and size of the underwater mountain chain? What are these underwater mountains called? 3. Sea Floor Spreading Create a 3-D model which demonstrates the process of sea-floor spreading and answers the following questions: What is the history of the theory of sea-floor spreading? What is the theory of sea-floor spreading? Where on earth is the sea-floor spreading? 4. Evidence for Sea Floor Spreading Create a display which shows the three-types of evidence supporting the theory of sea-floor spreading and answers the following questions: What is the history of the theory of sea floor spreading? How does sea-floor spreading help support the idea that continents drift? Why was sea-floor spreading not known during Wegener’s lifetime? 5. Subduction at Deep Ocean Trenches Create a 3-D model which demonstrates the process of subduction at deep ocean trenches and answers the following questions: What happens at subduction zones? How is the sea-floor like a giant conveyor belt? Which ocean is almost completely surrounded by trenches? Which has very few trenches? 6. Divergent Plate Boundaries Create a 3-D model which demonstrates divergent plate boundaries and answers the following questions: What is a rift valley? What will eventually happen if a rift valley continues to pull apart? Where on earth are divergent boundaries located? 7. Convergent Plate Boundaries Create a 3-D model which demonstrates convergent plate boundaries and answers the following questions: What happens to continental crust when two continents collide? What happens when a continental crust when it collides with an oceanic crust? Where on earth are convergent plate boundaries located? 8. Transform Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Create a 3-D model which demonstrates transform plate boundaries and answers the following questions: What is a transform boundary? Where on earth are transform boundaries located? Where on earth have earthquakes historically occurred? Why do earthquakes often occur along transform boundaries? Name:__________________________ Period: 2 3 4 Graphic Organizer: Plate Tectonics Model Project Topic of Study: Question 1: Answer: Question 2: Answer: Question 3: Answer: Question 4: Answer: Source 1: Source 2: Source 3: 5 7 Teacher Initial on Due Date:________ Name:__________________________ Period: 2 3 4 5 7 Timeline: Plate Tectonics Model Project Use the space below to create a timeline which identifies the work to be done for this project and due dates for each task. You may use a calendar as your timeline or create your own timeline. Your timeline should plan what you will accomplish each day to ensure that the project will be completed on time!! Teacher initial on Due Date: ________ Plate Tectonics Model Project Period: ________ Student(s) Topic Timeline Graphic Organizer Project Submitted Project Graded Name:___________________________________ Period: 2 3 4 5 7 Rubric: Plate Tectonics Model Project Timeline Identifies the work to be done for the project /10 pts and due dates for each task Graphic Organizer Contains the topic questions, rough draft of /12 pts answers, and identifies sources of research Research Student used at least three sources of /10 pts information and the sources are cited properly. Topic Questions Topic questions are type-written, answered in /18 pts paragraph form, and displayed with the model. Model Explains the topic, contains topic questions and /30 pts answers, and is appropriately labeled. Craftsmanship Craftsmanship is exceptional, excellent, very /20 pts good, needs improvement. Project Score: /100 pts