Activity #1
1. Look at only the earthquake map.
a. What do you notice about the distribution of earthquakes?
2. Place the volcano map overtop the earthquake map.
a. What do you notice about the distribution of volcanoes?
b. Do you see any correlations or patterns?
c. Can you think of a possible explanation for the patterns you see?
3. Place the tectonic plate map overtop the other two maps.
a. Explain the relationship between plate boundaries and the location
of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes.
4. Watch video called “Plate Tectonics: An Introduction”
a. What happens where plates are moving away from each other?
b. What happens where plates are moving toward each other?
c. How were the Himalayan Mountains formed?
Activity #2
YOU MUST BE ON A DESKTOP COMPUTER FOR THIS ACTIVITY!
1. Follow the instructions on the interactive.
a. What happens at a divergent boundary?
b. What happens at a convergent boundary?
c. What happens at a transform boundary?
Activity #3
1. Watch video “Plate Tectonics: Scientist Behind the Theory”.
a. Why was Wegener's original idea about continental drift referred to as
intuition and not science?
b. What did Wegener find that he believed was evidence to support his
theory?
c. Why didn't others think that his findings constituted evidence?
Activity #4
1. Watch “Further Evidence” and “Lake Mead”
a. How did the new information about the ocean floor support
Wegener's theory?
b. How do the rocks at Lake Mead support the theory of plate tectonics?
c. What other evidence would help convince you that the theory of plate
tectonics was real?
Activity #5
Annotate article using steps below.
1. Number each paragraph if they are not numbered for
you.
2. Highlight any unknown words.
3.  Beside something you want to remember from that
paragraph.
4. In the margins: summarize paragraph in one
sentence OR what is one question you have after
reading that paragraph.
5. PICTURE: write one question/observation about the
picture OR summarize the information being
presented in the picture.
Continental Drift Summative Assignment
Nonsense
Believable
Place your mark on the Likert Scale. You must support your placement
with at least 3 pieces of evidence from the documents we analyzed in
class. Remember to be specific and provide specific data from the
documents.