7th Grade Science Guide

7.2: Changes to Earth 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 3

where it descents into trenches.

Activity: Gizmos - Building Pangea

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Learn the names of major landmasses. ● Explain the theory of continental drift. ● Fit the landmasses together to form an ancient supercontinent called Pangaea. ● Use several types of

● The Building Pangaea

● Gizmo

Gizmo allows students to explore the ft of the continents that inspired the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics

evidence (fossils, rocks, glaciers) to revise their model of Pangaea.

Activity: Continental Drift and Fossil Evidence

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can analyze and

● Students will cut out the continents and arrange them as they might have been Pangea.

● Lesson Plan

interpret data about patterns between plate tectonics and the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes, continental and ocean foor features and the distribution of rocks and fossils.

Activity: Mapping Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can analyze and

● Students use latitude and longitude coordinates to map earthquakes and volcanoes, which outline the ring of fre. The activity should be used to

● Lesson Plan ● Additional Resource: Mapping EQ &

interpret data about patterns between plate tectonics and the occurrence of earthquakes and

Volcanoes activity & Map

● colored pencils