8th Grade Educational Links 

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Plate Tectonics

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/

"Ring of Fire", Plate Tectonics, Sea-Floor Spreading, Subduction Zones, "Hot Spots"
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/description_plate_tectonics.html

A Lesson in Plate Tectonics
http://www.extremescience.com/PlateTectonicsmap.htm

Plate tectonics and people
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/tectonics.html

Musical Plates: A Study of Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/musicalplates3/en/index.shtml

Plate Tectonics
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/earth/tectonics/Tectonics2.html

Yahooligans: Plate Tectonic Web sites
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Geology/Plate_Tectonics/

Think Quest: Volcanoes Online
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html?tqskip1=1

Enchanted Learning: Plate Tectonics
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/Tectonicspz.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

Plate Tectonics in a Nutshell: A simple starting point for exploring plate tectonics http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blnutshell_plate-tec.htm
 

Other Helpful sites

Introduction to Plate Tectonics
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/introduction.html

Introduction to Plate Tectonics: ABC’s
http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/ptABCs.php

Plate Tectonics
http://www.platetectonics.com/book/index.asp

This Dynamic Earth
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/introduction.html

Geology : Plate Tectonics
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html

Plate Tectonics: Forces in the Earth cause its surface to change over time.
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate.htm

Activities and Teaching Suggestions for Plate Tectonics
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/plate_activities.html

On the Move
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea

Fact Monster:  Continental Drift and Plate-Tectonics Theory
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001765.html

Websites to other Websites

Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/links/earthquake_links.html