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What is the location of the plate boundaries that have the greatest impact on humans?
What are the components of the weathering process?
What are the components of the weathering process?
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Plate Tectonics Prezi link |
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Lesson 7: Land Forms
Let's take a look at large scale physical earth processes.
We will begin with the Prezi Presentation on Plate Tectonics. The presentation begins with a video on Tsunamis. After students watch the video I will ask them 'What is a tsunami and why is it dangerous to humans?' 'What do you think caused the Tsunami?' 'What are plate tectonics and how else might they transform land and affect humans?'
Next, we will continue using the Prezi Presentation to learn and take notes about plate tectonics, convergent plates, divergent plates, continental drift, transform boundaries, and the Ring of Fire. After the presentation, students should come away with these facts:
California is the most active place for earthquakes in the United States due to the San Andreas Fault Line.
The Ring of Fire encircles the Pacific Ocean and has the most active volcanoes in the world.
Plate tectonics shape land by creating mountains, islands, oceans, volcanoes and cracks in the earth's surface.
Here are some additional images that will help understanding plate tectonics:
Next, we will continue using the Prezi Presentation to learn and take notes about plate tectonics, convergent plates, divergent plates, continental drift, transform boundaries, and the Ring of Fire. After the presentation, students should come away with these facts:
California is the most active place for earthquakes in the United States due to the San Andreas Fault Line.
The Ring of Fire encircles the Pacific Ocean and has the most active volcanoes in the world.
Plate tectonics shape land by creating mountains, islands, oceans, volcanoes and cracks in the earth's surface.
Here are some additional images that will help understanding plate tectonics:
Part II. Weathering
Now let's take a look at small scale physical earth processes.
After completing the Prezi on Plate Tectonics, we will move to the PowerPoint on Erosion. Students will take notes on vocabulary such as soil, weathering, erosion, and deposition and participate in class by discussing and pointing out examples of different types of weathering and erosion. Key takeaways from this lesson are:
Weathering is breaking rocks into smaller and smaller pieces.
All soil comes from the weathering of rocks.
There are two types of weathering processes, physical and chemical.
Weathering breaks things into smaller pieces, erosion moves the pieces.
Water has the most significant and greatest impact of changing land features.
Acid rain has the ability to change land the fastest.
Deposition delivers or lays down weathered rocks.
Weathering is breaking rocks into smaller and smaller pieces.
All soil comes from the weathering of rocks.
There are two types of weathering processes, physical and chemical.
Weathering breaks things into smaller pieces, erosion moves the pieces.
Water has the most significant and greatest impact of changing land features.
Acid rain has the ability to change land the fastest.
Deposition delivers or lays down weathered rocks.