Objectives:
•What: Learning about where earthquake and volcano activity occurs in the USA and why it occurs in these areas.
•Why: So that we can understand the pattern of risk for tectonic hazards in the USA.
•How: Exploring tectonic patterns through discussion, mapping, creating diagrams.
•What: Learning about where earthquake and volcano activity occurs in the USA and why it occurs in these areas.
•Why: So that we can understand the pattern of risk for tectonic hazards in the USA.
•How: Exploring tectonic patterns through discussion, mapping, creating diagrams.
Earthquakes in the USA

earthquakes_in_the_usa1.pptx | |
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What tectonic activity has occurred recently?
Have a look on USGS: •http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
Have a look on USGS: •http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
What is the pattern of earthquake risk in the USA?
What happens at plate boundaries?
The San Francisco Earthquake 1989

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Alaska earthquake 2018
Volcanoes in the USA

volcanoes_in_the_usa.pptx | |
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card_sort_mt_st_helens.doc | |
File Size: | 36 kb |
File Type: | doc |

mt_st_helens_case_study_starter.doc | |
File Size: | 45 kb |
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How come the most volcanic place on Earth is nowhere near a plate margin?

volcanoes_in_the_usa.pptx | |
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Oreo Tectonics!
Using the top of your Oreo, create models of each plate boundary
Take a photo using Skitch
Annotate the photos showing the following:
-Plate name
-Plate movement
-Landform created
Using the top of your Oreo, create models of each plate boundary
Take a photo using Skitch
Annotate the photos showing the following:
-Plate name
-Plate movement
-Landform created

oreos-worksheet.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |

news_report.docx | |
File Size: | 125 kb |
File Type: | docx |