Overview:
In this lesson, students learn about the evidence for continental
drift and about the process of science.
Lesson Concept:
There are multiple lines of evidence for changes in the position
of the continents over geologic time.
Materials:
[Note: overheads, evidence sheets and clues sheet are PDF files. If
you do not have the free Acrobat Reader, download
it.]
Advance Preparation:
- Make overheads as described above.
- Copy and cut up Fossil Evidence Sheets 1 and 2 so that each team
has a packet of fossil evidence in an envelope labeled Fossil Evidence.
- Copy and cut up Rock Evidence Sheets 1 and 2 so that each team has
a packet of fossil evidence in an envelope labeled Rock Evidence.
- Copy and cut up the Fossil Clue Sheet so that each team of students
has a set of five Fossil Clue Cards.
- Copy and cut up the Rock Clue Sheet so that each team of students
has a set of three Rock Clue Cards.
Each team of students will need:
Part I.
A copy of the map of The World Today
A packet of the six Fossil Clue Cards
An envelope containing the Fossil Evidence pieces
6 color markers or crayons
Part II.
A copy of the map of The World Today
A packet of the three Rock Clue Cards
An envelope containing the Rock Evidence pieces
3 color markers or crayons
Part III.
The colored Fossil and Rock Evidence pieces from Parts I and II.
A copy of Wegener's map.
Time:
1-2 class periods
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