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Drifting Continents
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Todd, Jessica Straten, Melissa Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | This activity is a teacher-led demonstration of continental drift and includes a math worksheet for students involving the calculation of continental drift over time. Students will understand what continental drift is, why it occurs, and how earthquakes occur because of it. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Number and Operations Earth Continental Drift Earthquakes Convection Current Plate Tectonics |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Number Sense and Numeration Structure of the Earth |