Sea Floor Spreading
Students will graph the ocean bottom of the North Atlantic to identify ocean bottom features, and processes associated with the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
Wave Properties Lab
This could be set up as a stations lab,
with each of the outlined activities as
stations. Students travel from one
station to another with lab sheet, and
discuss/respond to each question.
Materials are fairly easy to collect.
Plate Tectonics Lab
5 different activities that teach 9th graders about plate tectonics
ESRT Page 5 Worksheet
Worksheet designed to get students used to looking at
page 5 of the ESRTs and utilizing everything it contains
Earthquake P-Wave & S-Wave Questions
Students are required to answer questions on the
behavior of p- and s-waves within the earth.
Earthquake Webquest
Interactive webquest. Includes
kinesthetic, visual, and ELA portions
teacher
Student research for various earthquake
events in history
Plate tectonics
Lab activity : locating epicenters