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Fact-Finding Team
Plate Tectonics
The mission of your group is to
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Find the answers to the questions listed below. You
may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or
the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Antarctica
Under Construction about the geology of the continent.
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Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You
may use whatever media you choose for your presentation.
Think about how YOU learn best.
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Make a handout of the important findings of your group
to distribute to the rest of the class. Be sure to cite
your sources.
Questions — Plate Tectonics
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Did plates crash together or drift apart when the Antarctic
continent was formed?
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How has the movement of the continents affected the
formation of permanent ice in Antarctica?
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Construct a timeline for the formation of the Antarctic
continent from Pangea (the whole land mass).
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What is Gondwanaland? Can you find it on a map today?
Resources
Plate Tectonics
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/downey/project/platectonics.html
Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/erebus/erebus.html
Geology: Plate Tectonics
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Plate Tectonics
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
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