AMGEN SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2003

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AMGEN SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2003

• Plate Tectonics
• Sadhana Neurgaonkar
• La Reina High School
• Thousand Oaks, California

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UnitDynamic Earth

• Goals The students will gain an understanding of
  the following
• 1.The structure of the Earth
• 2.What is inside of the Earth
• 3.The movement of the Earths lithospheric plates
• 4.Plate tectonics
• 5.Major Plate Tectonics Processes
• Above goals will be achieved through the
  following activities
• Lectures, Internet resources
• .hands-on activities such as
• -puzzles
• -fill in the blanks
• .Lab activities

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Assessment of the topics

• Assessment will be done following ways
• Quizzes
• Tests
• Group work
• Two sample quizzes and a puzzle activity is given
  on the following pages.

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The structure of the EarthStudy the cross
section of the Earth
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Structure of The Earth Puzzle

TOPIC  THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH Across1. Lies
below the crust 3. Liquid in nature and lies just
below the mantle 4. Innermost layer of earth 6.
Thin, solid, outermost layer of earth 7. Solid
and made of iron and nickel Down2. Moving slabs
of rocks called tectonic plates 5. Partially
molten and pliable rock 7 of 7 words were
placed into the puzzle. Visit Puzzlemaker at
DiscoverySchool.com
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Major Tectonic Plates
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Plate Tectonics

• Related websites for this topic
• Plate Tectonic animation, USGS
• Plate Tectonics, Life in the Universe
• http//www.lifeinuniverse.org
• http//wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/pltec/pltec1.h
  tml
• http//wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/pltec/pltec2.h
  tml

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Plate Tectonics - Quiz
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Major Plate Tectonic Processes
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Major Plate Tectonic Processes QuizLabel the
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Acknowledgement

• Thanks to Dr.William Bilodeau and
• Dr. Beverly Bryde for all their help and
  leadership.
• Thank you for the opportunity to participate in
  the Amgen Summer Science Institute held at
  California Lutheran University, 2003.
• -------Sadhana Neurgaonkar