Investigative Question: What specifically moves the tectonic plates around? Hypothesis: You can use an “If, Then, Because” statement if it helps, but be sure to include your reason. Observations: Connections: How do the observations you made in this investigation connect to other things we have done this year or other real life scenarios? Unanswered Questions: What do you want to know based on what you learned/observed during this activity? Big Idea: What specifically moves the tectonic plates around? =

Investigative Question: What specifically moves the tectonic plates around? Hypothesis: You can use an “If, Then, Because” statement if it helps, but be sure to include your reason. Observations: Connections: How does this connect to other things we have done this year or other real life scenarios? Unanswered Questions: What do you want to know based on what you learned during this activity? Big Idea: What specifically moves the tectonic plates around? = Hypothesis: Connections: Unanswered Questions: Big Idea:

C ONVECTION IN THE M ANTLE “The little blobs that make the plates go.”

C ONVECTION IN A DIAGRAM

C ONVECTION IN “R EAL L IFE ”

Convection isn’t quite as pretty as they make it look in diagrams. It is almost always more “blobily” than they make it look.