INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCIENCE:  PLATE TECTONICS Core ConceptsSuggested Activity2.2a.  The interior of Earth is hot.  Heat flowand movement of material within Earth cause sections of Earth’s crust to move. This may result in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the...

ESRT  Tectonic Plates (p. 5)Rock Charts (p. 6-7)Geological history of NewYork State (pp. 8-9)Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior (p. 10)P and S Wave Travel Time Graph (p. 11)

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E2C WORKSHOPS and RESOURCES “Volcanic Eruptions: How Wet? How Hot? How Fast?” with Terry Plank, Megan Newcombe, and Anna Barth“Recent Volcanic Activities: What Have We Learned from Them, and How?” with Einat Lev“Melt Migration from the Mantle Source to Erupting...

Activities Created by Michael J Passow Exploring Patterns of Global and Regional Seismicity (IRIS)From Charles Burrows (East Ramapo CSD):The Dynamic CrustFrom a DLESE searchVirtual Earthquake Planet Earth DiaryMusical Plates USGS Paper Models (including...

layerslithospherecrustcontinental crustgraniteoceanic crustbasaltmagnetic patternsmantleMohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho)asthenosphereouter coreinner coretectonic platescontinental driftplate dynamicsconvectionconvective circulationdensityplate boundariesconvergent...

Earth layers, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and volcanoes asthenospherebasaltcinder conecomposite volcanocompressional wave (P-wave)contact metamorphismcontinental crustcontinental driftconvectionconvective circulationconvergent plate...

From New York Science Teacher Earth Science Share-a-Thon: Rocks and MineralsFrom Charles Burrows (East Ramapo CSD):Composition of Earth’s Crust From a DLESE search: Teaching about minerals, magmas, and volcanic rocks (Volcano World)“Mineralology for Kids”...

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCIENCE: MATTER, MINERALS, AND ROCKS Core ConceptsSuggested Activity3.3a. All matter is made up of atoms. Atoms are far too small to see with a light microscope. 3.3e. The atoms of any one element are different from the...

USGS rock and mineral resourcesMineral Information InstitutePRI “Teacher-Friendly Guides to the Earth Science in the United States” Volcano WorldVW Earth Science LessonsMineralogical Society’s “Mineralogy 4 Kids”“Building Stones of the United States”Franklin Mineral...