Plate Tectonics for Beginners
Using a Series of Simple Drawings
to Illustrate Plate Movement.
This section contains:
 Plate Tectonics Myth to Theory
 Modeling Plate Tectonics
 Plate Tectonic Illustrations
USER NOTE
This presentation requires the teacher to complete some pages by
drawing simplified images. Completed versions of these images
have not been included because each individual needs to draw
them in their own way and style. A set of illustrations that may
prove useful, offer guidance, or serve as student manipulatives is
provided at the end of the presentation.
Plate Tectonics
Tracing the Myth to the Theory
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Superstition to Uncertainity: The Earth was Shaped by God’s Hand
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Grasping at Reality: Catastrophists
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Discovery of Basic Paradigm: Two Paradigms Compete and a
Different Emerges
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Parting of the Waves: New Technology and New Discoveries
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Approaching the Truth: Geology Finally has a Unifying Theory
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Age of Creativity: The Theory is Refined
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Plate Tectonics Illustrations
Plate Tectonics Illustrations
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Plate Tectonics Illustrations
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Laurasia and Gondwana
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