Plate Boundaries and Volcanoes
Technology Integration
I
ntroduction: What is the relationship between Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries of the
Earth? By locating a volcanoes’ longitude and latitude, students will identify the plate
boundaries that contributed to the formation of volcanoes across the world.
7th Grade Science Indicators
ES 8-10 I can explain that most geological events result from plate motion (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hot spots, and
mountain building)
ES 8-13 I can describe how landforms are created through a combination of constructive and destructive processes(e.g., crustal
deformation, volcanic eruptions and deposition of sediment, soil conservation).
ES 8-9 I can describe the interior structure of Earth and Earth's crust as divided into tectonic plates riding on top of the slow
moving currents of magma in the mantle.
ES 8-15 I can illustrate how the three primary types of plate boundaries (transform, divergent and convergent) cause different
landforms (e.g., mountains, volcanoes, ocean trenches, etc)
Technology Standards:
Database
Produce a simple report from an existing database
Communication & Information Literacy
Identify and Use credible and reliable sources of on-line information
P
rocedure:
Part I:
Part II:
Part III:
Student integration of technology into the curriculum will occur in three parts:
Pre-Learning, Lithospheric Map, Longitude & Latitude
Identifying Longitude and Latitude of a Volcano on the World Map
Identifying Plate Boundaries and Volcano Types.
Part I:
Introduction of the Lithospheric Plate map: Identifying plate boundaries
Introduction of the World Map: Longitude vs. Latitude
Anticipatory Set – The Big Ideas
Part II:
Use the Lithoshperic Plate and World Map for today’s activity
Copy the Volcanoes database file from your science teacher’s OUTBOX
Paste the file into your home directory
Open the file and select the TABLE to view all volcano data
Identify and “Check-off” two volcanoes per quadrant on the World Map, use the
Longitude and Latitude value to assist in this selection process
Plot, place a “dot” on the World Map to identify location of the volcanoes
Close the TABLE, keep the database file running
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Part II:
Open the FORM
Use the Earth’s Lithospheric Plates handout to identify the two plates that converge near
the specific volcano
Connect to the website, Smithsonian List of Volcanoes
http://www.hrw.com/science/siscience/earth/tectonics/volcano/volcano/, to identify the type of volcano
Once all 8 volcanoes, records, have been completed, close the FORM, keep the database
file open
Open the report
Check the report and make sure two volcanoes are listed with completed data, per
quadrant
Check the report consists of one page
Print
Place name on printout
Hand-in
Close out of the software
Log-off the network
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