Topic 4: Plate Tectonics

Lesson 1: Evidence of Plate Motions

Lesson 2: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

1. National Geographic: Plate Tectonics

2. Geological Society: What is a Plate? (Pick two: chemical composition, mechanical properties, or how do plates move?)

3. Lumen Learning: Mountain Formation

4. The Geology of Taiwan

5. East Africa's Great Rift Valley

6. BBC Bitesize: Plate Tectonics

Lesson 3: Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazards

1. USGS: The Science of Earthquakes

2. BBC Bitesize: Earthquakes (2 pages)

3. BBC Bitesize: Tsunamis (2 pages)

4. USGS: Tsunamis and Tsunami Hazards

Lesson 4: Volcanoes and Earth's Surface

1. National Geographic: Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes

2. Ducksters: Mount St. Helens, 1980

3. National Geographic: Indonesia's Volcano Tsunami, 2018Taiwan News: Taipei's Tatun Volcanoes Proven Active