Plate+Tectonics

The Plate Tectonics cafe menu has been assembled with 6th grade Science students in mind and addressing the CA Science standards. Original Plate Tectonics menu  This is a version of the Plate Tectonics Menu done in Publisher. I put my name, school and rules in spots that can be easily edited for each person.  After I got an email from Sandy, I realized that the MS Publisher files were hard to open for some people to open so I saved it as a Pdf file. I hope that helps.

 This is the grading rubric in Word for the cafe. Suggestions for improvements are welcome. This is the same document in compatibility mode of Word so more can open it.  Graham Cracker Plate The Plate Tectonics cafe menu has been assembled with 6th grade Science students in mind and addressing the CA Science standards.

 This is from Mrs. Poarch, a Texas teacher by a teacher who makes her lessons accessible to teachers. I've used it for years. These two lessons are about plate movement and allows students to test various possibilities for plate movement. .

 I'm not sure where to add these in the menu and I don't have an snappy name ideas so I'll leave that for someone more creative :) Here are some activities I use with my 8th grade Plate Tectonics unit...   Students use adding paper strip to create a cross sectional scale model of Earth's layers plus added landmarks such as Mt. Everest, Space Shuttle Orbit, etc for reference.

 Using interactive website, students complete worksheet to review earth's layers, plate tectonics, etc

 Using Thinkquest, students complete online reading and questions to learn about plate tectonics

 __USGS Volcanoes - Windows Into Earth Activity 1__ - Students create 3 paper models of different types of volcanoes, explore "Ring of Fire" by plotting volcanoes on map & comparing w/ plate boundary map.

 __Musical Plates Real-Time Data Project__: Students plot earthquakes over a 2 week period using USGS website. Consider modifying by limiting the plotting to quakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or above, otherwise the number of data points per day becomes overwhelming. [] = = = = = =

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** //You must choose one of the items below to complete. The assignment is an individual effort.// **====== > that shows the propagation of different waves through Earth layers during an earthquake using REAL DATA > [|Propagation of seismic waves] || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Seismic Waves - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Slinky activity showing S and P waves] plus <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Marvellous Magma Spread || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> -[| Layers of Earth][[file:rescuenearthecenter of the earth.pdf]] ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Wave Wraps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Computer program]
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Video Veggies || - [|5 videos and answer accompanying questions]​ ||  ||

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 * // Smath Salad //**

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** //Each entrée is served with a salad that each student must complete// **======

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 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Smath Salad <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> - || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Seismic Waves] ||  ||


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** //You must choose one of the items below to complete. The assignment is a group effort.// **======
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Transformation Turkey || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[[file:Determining the speed of a wave.pdf]] ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Hot Spot Hamburgers || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[[file:YELLOWSTONE webquest.pdf]] ||  ||
 * || I am having trouble accessing the organizer that is listed in the report section at the bottom. The link doesn't work. Can the organizer be posted? Thanks!=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[[file:TenRiskyPlaces.doc]] = ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 104%;">Continental Drift Chimichangas || [[file:Where in the World Was Lystrosaurus.doc]] ||  ||

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> and [|Pangea Puzzle] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> ||  || = =
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 * //You must choose an item below to complete. This assignment is an individual effort.// **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Geothermal Water <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> - Explain how Geysers work and where they are mainly found on Earth and in the Solar System || * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Source 1 [|National Geographic]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Source 2 - [|Geology]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Source 3 - [|NASA] - [|Triton] [|Enceladus updated] ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Champagne <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> - review questions in book ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Seismic Martinis <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> - Ring of Fire using Map, activity locate the various volcanoes


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** //Dessert is not always for everyone, but in this cafe it is! You must c// **** //hoose one of the items below to complete as an extension outside of class (i.e. HOMEWORK).// **======
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Light Show Sherbert - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Design an experiment that demonstrates the different eruption types ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Lava Cake - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Make a poster that describes the different types of lava and volcano types in the SOLAR SYSTEM || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[[file:EarthMarsComparison.pdf]] = ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Concept Custard: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Create a series of posters that outline the concepts from the entire unit - Different type of crust and Plate boundaries - || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[[file:Drawing tectonic plates.pdf]]plus[| Website] ||  ||

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