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Studying tectonic plates is crucial as it explains the forces shaping Earth’s surface, including earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation. Understanding tectonic plate movements helps predict natural disasters, manage resources, and grasp Earth’s history, aiding in geological hazard assessment and guiding construction practices. With this in mind, let's engage with this tectonic plates teaching resource.

This tectonic plates article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about tectonic plates. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this tectonic plates article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

For many educational standards, a base level of content knowledge is needed around the relevant topics, this tectonic plates article covers that foundational knowledge for the standard: MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5

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Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase scientific literacy in your class
A weekly reading task
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
To inspire students on a particular topic
Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS TECTONIC PLATES ARTICLE:

3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
3 page PDF teacher version with answers
2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.

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