1. What are ‘plates’ and how do they move?
Key Question:
What are ‘plates’ and how do they move?

2. Starter: Cut out and complete your plate tectonics jigsaw

3. Learning Objectives:
To know the crust is divided into ‘plates’
To be able to explain how they move

4. Using a RED pencil make the plate boundaries clearly
Look carefully at your completed jigsaw. It shows the major plate boundaries.
Using a RED pencil make the plate boundaries clearly

5. Top 10 deadliest volcanoes:
Tambora, Indonesia
Krakatau, Indonesia
Pelee, Martinique
Ruiz, Columbia
Unzen, Japan
Laki, Iceland
Galunggung, Indonesia
Vesuvius, Italy
Etna, Italy
Top 10 biggest earthquakes:
Chile
Prince William Sound, Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Kamchatka
Sumatra, Indonesia
Ecuador
India/China border

6. Continental drift

7. Evidence to support Continental Drift:
Fossils match
Jigsaw fit of land masses
Flightless Birds
Rocks also match – the rocks in Scotland match those found in Newfoundland.

10. Why do the plates move?
Crust
Convention Currents
Mantle

11. Plenary
In pairs, using your jigsaw and knowledge learnt today, explain to your partner how plates move.
Wish 2