The Earth
What did Earth look like 750 million years ago?
Geography teacher, Jon Barry, has shared an online resource where students/teachers have the opportunity to locate their country, local area, school or home address as it would be found on the 'super-continent' Pangaea. This resource gives students the opportunity to the travel back 750 millions years ago to see where their current location is now when compared to the super-continent. It will help students to understand the process of continental drift theory.
Begin your journey back in time
The Geological Society has an interactive online resource where students can examine the plate tectonics.
National Geographic as a resource library with lessons on plate tectonics for geography teachers.
Featured worksheets
Structure of the Earth Presentation
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/25119/24843.pptx Added: 23 Nov 2017 Contributor: Aoife McDonnell Resource type:A PowerPoint presentation created with the help of geography teacher, Tara Fitzharris. Presentation includes activities for learning about the structure of the Earth, plates, plate boundaries & continental drift.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- Geography
Strand: 1. Exploring the Physical World
Strand unit: 1. Structure of the Earth (Volcanoes, etc..)
Suggestions for use: After the presentation, see notes and sample test created by Tara Fitzharris on Scoilnet.
Worksheet encourages students to reflect on the structure of the Earth, plates and plate boundaries.
An article by Tony Dunne outlining practical teaching and learning approaches to plate tectonics.
World Book Online has a free downloadable and printable template of the world.
Research table by Deirdre Toomey for students to fill out on the three different plate boundaries.
Model plate movements with your hands to help students to visualise plate movements.
An example of a Scoilnet Learning Path with notes created by teacher, Tara Fitzharris.
Who was Alfred Wegener?
According to the World Book Online article about Alfred Wegener, he was a German meteorologist and was the first person to set forth continental drift as a scientific theory. According to this theory, the continents slowly moved to their present positions over millions of years. The continental drift theory existed before Wegener, but he was the first person to support it with scientific evidence.
