1. Continental Drift
Guided Highlight

2. Guided Highlight Procedures
First, number the paragraphs 1-5
Next, read through the entire text WITHOUT highlighting.
Then, highlight ONLY the information designated in each paragraph.

3. In PARAGRAPH 1 highlight…
The NAME of the person who proposed the idea of continental drift.
The YEAR in which he did this.

4. In PARAGRAPH 2 highlight…
What geologic time showed 300 million years ago.
The NAME and MEANING of the supercontinent.
How many years ago Pangaea broke up.

5. In PARAGRAPH 3 highlight…
The 4 main pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support the Theory of Continental Drift.
How coral reefs indicate evidence of Continental Drift

6. In PARAGRAPH 4 highlight…
Alfred Wegener’s initial explanation of how the continents moved apart from each other.
Why his initial idea was disproved.

7. In PARAGRAPH 5 highlight…
New advances and understandings that support Wegener’s theory of Continental Drift.