Videos:
National Geographic Plate Tectonics
Questions:
- What did the Tharp-Heezen Map show?
- What is the asthenosphere?
- How is the Mid-Ocean Ridge formed? What kind of boundary is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
- How was Iceland formed? What was it before?
- There are two types of convergent boundaries (where plates come together). How are they different?
- In Cyprus, what was discovered at the plate boundaries between the African plate and the Eurasian plate? How did this happen?
Bill Nye Video: Earth’s Crust
Interactive Websites:
- Plates and Boundaries from Annenberg
- Plate Boundaries from the American Museum of Natural History
- Plate Boundaries from PBS
- Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
- San Andreas Fault Map
More Videos
- PBS Plate Tectonic Intro
- PBS Plate Tectonics Early Evidence
- PBS The Hawaiian Archipelago
- PBS Lake Mead, Nevada
- PBS The Scientist Behind the Theory of Plate Tectonics