Evidence of Seafloor Spreading Activity Middle School Plate Tectonics
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Grade Levels
6th - 8th
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NGSSMS-ESS2-3
NGSSMS-ESS2-2
NGSSMS-ESS2-1
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- PDF
Pages
2 pages
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Great lab to do with students after teaching the concept pf seafloor spreading. Some students struggled with how to color using the code but other than that wondeful!
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Description
Nails home EVIDENCE that the seafloor near the mid-Atlantic ridge is newer than the seafloor near the continents.
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In this activity, students will:
- Color-code a diagram of the seafloor and mid-Atlantic ridge based on the age of the rock.
- Measure how far each "band" of seafloor is from the ridge.
- Graph the relationship between the age of the seafloor rock and the distance from the mid-Atlantic ridge.
- Answer follow-up questions that help students conclude that the seafloor near the mid-Atlantic ridge is newer than the seafloor near the continents.
Teacher Notes:
- Every step includes clear, middle school-level directions.
- Includes an answer key.
- NGSS Standards: MS-ESS2-1 and MS-ESS2-2
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Developing and using models
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Analyzing and interpreting data
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Using mathematics and computational thinking
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Total Pages
2 pages
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Standards
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NGSSMS-ESS2-3
Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches). Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.
NGSSMS-ESS2-2
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.
NGSSMS-ESS2-1
Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. Emphasis is on the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation, and sedimentation, which act together to form minerals and rocks through the cycling of Earth’s materials. Assessment does not include the identification and naming of minerals.
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