Bill Nye Earth's Crust Video Worksheet

Students fill in the blank and answer short answer questions on this video worksheet while watching Bill Nye the Science Guy. At the end of the video, students analyze the song lyrics in the show and write a summary. Song lyrics are included on the worksheet for students to sing along. Questions are in the order that students view the video, so it is easy to follow along. The same wording is used in the worksheet as in the video, to make students more successful in finding the answers. Additionally students draw a picture from the video to help them remember a key point or idea.

Concepts Emphasized in Video Worksheet:
1. Structure of Earth
2. Importance of Volcanoes to knowing about Earth's structure
3. Plate Tectonics
4. Relationship between plate tectonics and volcanoes, mountain building, and earthquakes
5. Pangaea
6. How scientists know that the earth has a solid core (that its not molten throughout)


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