Plate Motion Unit

Plate Motion @Home Lesson 9

Things you will need:

• Notebook

• Calculator (can be on computer or phone)

• Pull up Schoology Assignment (click edit to be able to write on it)

Standards

ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems: The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future. (MS-ESS2-2) The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future.

Standards Cont.

(MS-ESS2-2) ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions: Maps of ancient land and water patterns, based on investigations of rocks and fossils, make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart. (MS-ESS2-3) Maps of ancient land and water patterns, based on investigations of rocks and fossils, make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart. (MS-ESS2-3)

NGSS Practices

Practice 2: Developing and Using Models Practice 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data Practice 5: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking Practice 6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Practice 7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence

Objective

• Work with rate and direction.

• Calculate the rate that two plate are spreading in the Simulation.

Be on the look out for:

• Patterns

• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Multiple Choice

South American Plate and African Plate is a _____ plate boundary

• Divergent (dividing different directions)

• Convergent (Crashing / towards each other)

Poll

How do you think the plate below us is moving?

• Fast!

• Slow

Open Ended

What do you know about GPS? Where have you heard of GPS?

We will watch the video about GPS

Multiple Choice

What does GPS stand for?

• Giant Penguin Slingshot

• Global Positioning System

Open Ended

What patterns did you notice about the plate boundaries?

Open Ended

From the video and the Plate Movement Map, what can you say about the plate motion that is taking place right now?

We will watch the video about GPS.

Poll

What # range best represents the rate of plate motion (last column)?

• 10-13 km

• 20-23 km

• 30-33 km

Open Ended

What is 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) away from your home? How long would it take to walk there?

Open Ended

What did you notice about scale, proportion, and quantity?

Multiple Choice

Earth’s plates travel at a rate too ____ to be experienced by humans.

• Fast

• Slow