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Locating Plate Boundaries
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Warm-Up: Convection and Seafloor Spreading and finish model
Key Question OBJECTIVE How are volcanoes and earthquakes used to locate plate boundaries? WHAT: Students will determine the locations of plate boundaries WHY: To develop the Theory of Plate Tectonics HOW: Will plot the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes
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Use: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vol cano_table
Volcanoes Use: cano_table Find and plot (red dots) 8 volcanoes in each: NW hemisphere SW hemisphere NE hemisphere SE hemisphere
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Earthquakes Use: USGS Earthquake locator - be sure setting is on 30 days (magnitude 2.5+) Find and plot (blue dots) 8 earthquakes in each: NW hemisphere SW hemisphere NE hemisphere SE hemisphere
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