Pangaea Project 2013
1. Color each continent. Label neatly and cut out carefully.
2. Using the idea of a jigsaw puzzle, piece the parts together into one landmass to best
represent what Pangaea might have looked like 240 million years ago. When you are
satisfied with their arrangement, you should neatly glue your arrangement onto a piece of
construction paper. Provide an artistic title across the top of your paper that states
Pangaea 240 mya.
3. Do some research to compile information about Pangaea and Alfred Wegener, the
originator of the Theory of Continental Drift.
Provide an information sheet and include the following:
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Who was Alfred Wegener and what did he theorize?
What was Pangaea?
What kind of information did he use to support his theory?
Why was the Theory of Continental Drift not accepted at the time?
What later discovery lead to the theory being accepted?
What causes the plates to move?
Include two sources, cited correctly.
Glencoe textbook:
Anderson, Michelle, et al. Florida Earth & Space Science. Columbus, OH:
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2012. Print.
One Internet site (Remember to use search engine strategies correctly):
Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Date article was published.
Date article was accessed. URL.
Yes, spelling and grammar do count. Be sure to spell check and have someone
proof read it. Put your name on the top of the report and glue it to the back of
the construction paper.