Plate Tectonics
October 9,
2010
Presentations from Jon Hendricks (Plate
Tectonics) and Ellen Metzger (CA Rock Stories)
Activities
Edible Tectonics:
activity
Convection demo
Convection (Rheoscopic)
Fluid Arbor Scientific
Square bottles
Alternate convection activity
This Dynamic Planet Map
includes printable pages of diagrams:
activity
(questions to go with map)
Order the map for $14
Edible Tectonics:
activity
Plate Tectonics on Google Earth:
activity /
kmz file /
tutorials
CA Rock stories: activity /Rock
info cards to match rock set received
Some
Common California Rocks (handout)
Golden
Gate National Park Service Franciscan rocks /
rock info
cards /
Order rock samples from Burminco:
web link
California geologic map:
activity
Student-friendly questions (thanks to Sue Lukito!)
Cookie Tectonics (Oreos)
Recommended Links
I. Plate tectonics/Geology Framework
A. General
Savage Earth from PBS:
animations of faults, seismic waves, plate boundaries,
volcanic eruptions and more.
B. California
From Tanya Atwater: Animations including plate history of Western North America and California
Phil Stoffer's guide to
Rocks and Geology
in the San Francisco Bay region (PDF file)
California
Geography, Geology, Hazards, and Natural History
Information
(USGS)
Phil Stoffer's guide to
Rocks and Geology
in the San Francisco Bay region (PDF file)
California
Geography, Geology, Hazards, and Natural History
Information
(USGS)
Golden Gate National Recreation Area information resources on the rocks and geology of the Golden Gate Headlands
II. Earthquakes
Forcasting California's Earthquakes - What Can We Expect in the Next 30Years? - UGSS
Recent California Earthquakes—USGS
site.
Recent World Earthquakes—NEIC site.
The USGS
Did You Feel It site, where you
can report damage you felt in a recent earthquake, and view Mercalli intensity
maps for recent earthquakes.
The USGS ShakeMap site, which
has intensity maps of recent earthquakes.
1868 Hayward
Earthquake Alliance
III. Volcanoes
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
Dynamic Map of California's Volcanoes
Volcano World — Excellent clearinghouse for volcano information, with Teachers' and Students' sections.