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Plate Tectonics






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Participants/students will explore plate tectonics by:

  • Carrying out a plate tectonics simulation (game). The objectives are to 

(a) reconstruct the past history of plate motion through 4 reconstructions, and 

(b) explore the impact of plate motion on global geologic processes.

  • Learn how scientific observations, mathematics and computer technology can be integrated to help scientists model the past history of tectonic plate motion.

  • Observing how the motion of Earth’s tectonic plates over the last 750 million years has influenced the geology of Texas - PLATES animated geologic history of Texas, From Texas to Antarctica.

 

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