You will Learn:

• Earth’s patchwork of lithospheric plates
• the features of the ocean floor
• how to plot echo sounder data to determine the elevation of the ocean floor
• the major plates and see how their positions have changed over the last 200 million years
• three types of plate boundaries
• the dynamic forces that produce earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains

Features Include:

• photos, illustrations, and animations by Dennis Tasa and others
• an intuitive navigation style: swipe or use arrows, drop-down menu, page thumbnails
• info popups with additional detailed information and image credits
• thought-provoking notebook questions relating to material found on the page that may be shared
• interactive quizzes that are scored and may be copied, printed, or shared
• a fun puzzle of Earth’s major plates

Grade levels:

• 7–13