Grades 6-8. Consists of 8 sessions. This introduction to plate tectonics takes your class of budding earth scientists on a virtual journey to the world's geological hotspots to conduct research.
Their journey ranges from the ocean floor to the top of Mount Everest, with stops at Hawaii, California, Iceland, Japan, and Nepal.
Students apply their knowledge to build models of erupting volcanoes, strike-slip faults, rock layers, and seafloor spreading.
/!\ WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD--Toy contains a marble. Not for children under 3 yrs.