Description
This Plate Tectonics activity will have your students identifying the major tectonic plates that make up Earth's crust. Students will classify examples of landforms that are made at each type of plate boundary, convergent, divergent, and transform. This is a great way to provide an engaging practice opportunity to guide your students toward mastery.
* This activity was designed specifically for 6th grade plate tectonics TEKS, if you are looking for 8th grade plate tectonics TEKS, check out this card sort
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Product Includes:
- 8 page PDF: (this is not a digital/editable activity) 3 TOU/credits pages, 1 student prompts page, 1 student template page, 1 answer key page, 1 teacher instructions page, 1 student diagram page
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Check out some related resources:
- Identifying Tectonic Plates Task Cards
- Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Worksheets
- Plate Tectonics Fact or Fiction
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Aligned to:
TEKS 6.10C identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American; and
6.10D describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as ocean basin formation, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building
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Description
This Plate Tectonics activity will have your students identifying the major tectonic plates that make up Earth's crust. Students will classify examples of landforms that are made at each type of plate boundary, convergent, divergent, and transform. This is a great way to provide an engaging practice opportunity to guide your students toward mastery.
* This activity was designed specifically for 6th grade plate tectonics TEKS, if you are looking for 8th grade plate tectonics TEKS, check out this card sort
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Product Includes:
- 8 page PDF: (this is not a digital/editable activity) 3 TOU/credits pages, 1 student prompts page, 1 student template page, 1 answer key page, 1 teacher instructions page, 1 student diagram page
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Check out some related resources:
- Identifying Tectonic Plates Task Cards
- Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Worksheets
- Plate Tectonics Fact or Fiction
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aligned to:
TEKS 6.10C identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American; and
6.10D describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as ocean basin formation, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building
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**Remember to Follow my store and leave feedback on your purchases to earn TPT credits to use toward future purchases!




