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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Be a Mountain Maker and an Earth Shaker. Site allows you to see and make it happen. Includes seafloor spreading, and continental slides. Divergent, convergent, collisional and transform boundaries.
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Material Type:
Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:
June 24, 2005
Date Modified in MERLOT:
March 20, 2017
Author:
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Submitter:
Cara (Eric Adolphson) Adams
Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School, College General Ed
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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Unknown
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Sarah Critchfield
Sarah Critchfield (Student)
6 years ago

This is a very cool interactive program which allows students to manipulate plates and see how the different movements result in different types of boundaries.  

Used in course? Yes
Time spent reviewing site: 20 minutes