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Hotspots; modelling the movement of a plate across the globe

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Author: Earth Learning Idea
Date: 2015-04-27 11:11:00
Blog: Earth Learning Idea
URL: http://earthlearningidea.blogspot.com/2015/04/hotspots-modelling-movement-of-plate.html

Summary:

Today's new Earthlearningidea is 'Hotspots; modelling the movement of a plate across the globe'. Use a candle and a piece of card to model the evidence of the movement of a tectonic plate over a fixed heat source in the Earth’s mantle. This activity can be used in any lesson in a science or geography class dealing with plate tectonics. There are many more ideas for teaching this topic on our

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Keywords:

activity, candle, card, Earth, Earth energy / processes, evidence, fixed heat source, geography class, globe, Hotspots, ideas, lesson, mantle, movement, piece, plate tectonics, teaching, tectonic plate, topic

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