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Students model the plate movements using Oreo cookies. Minimal materials, maximum gain! Vocabulary addressed: Convergent BoundaryDivergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryReverse FaultNormal FaultStrike-Slip FaultEarthquakeVolcanoSubductionMountainsMagma

Have students solve a Clue-style crime while reviewing their knowledge of Earth's layers! Utilize this low prep, and adaptable activity to get your students up, out of their seats and practicing with deductive reasoning. Activity can be done independently, as partners or in small groups. It can be done at desks or as a gallery walk around the room. Concepts covered: CrustMantleOuter CoreInner CorePressureTemperatureTectonic PlatesConvection Currents

This rock cycle maze is perfect for a quick review, extra practice, or early finisher assignment. Includes student sheet and answer key. Vocab Covered: Rock CycleSedimentWeathering and ErosionSedimentaryCompaction and CementationMetamorphicHeat and PressureCrystallizingMeltingMagmaLavaIgneous