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Your task: You are going to present to your colleagues in the group, the arguments for and against the theory of plate tectonics.
In this geographical enquiry you are going to harness the Internet to research and evaluate the theory of plate tectonics.
  • Your project must include answers to the following enquiry questions:
  • How does the theory of plate tectonics explain volcanic and seismic activity?
  • How would you describe the pattern of evidence of crustal movement?
  • How does the theory explain the processes active at plate margins and the landforms that result?
  • What are the exceptions to the rule and theory of plate tectonics?

How might they be explained?

Present your project in a professional manner and edit your material from various internet sites using Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint.

Weblinks

Here are some useful sites are listed below, but remember there are many more available.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html

http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/plate_tectonics/rift_man.html

http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html

http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/926/slrtecto.html

Here are some animations which may add interest
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/usgsnps/animate/pltecan.html

Once you have found a useful site, diagram, photograph or text, then you must do the following:
  1. Highlight the text or graphics you want to move or copy.
  2. Click the right mouse button on the highlighted text or the graphic and a menu should appear.
  3. From the menu, click COPY [or SAVE AS]
  4. Switch to your presentation or document and PASTE [ or INSERT, PICTURE, FROM FILE and locate the image you saved]
  5. Return to copy the web address.

Please note: It is good practice to acknowledge your sources so copy and paste the web address whenever you cut and paste a quotation or a diagram.

Advanced Level Geography
Plate Tectonics Internet Independent Research Project
Chris Critchlow
Wilnecote High School, Tamworth
chriscritchlow@hotmail.com