Visual Group Directions

Hi Visual Group!


Since you learn best by seeing, you will be using some interactives today about plate tectonics and the types of boundaries!  Click the links to conduct the interactives below.

Interactive #1

Interactive #2 once on the site, click DETAILS

Interactive #3

Oceanic - Continental Subduction

Mid Ocean Ridge - Divergent


Next, discuss and answer the following questions with your group.  Write all answers on the worksheet provided.  (Be sure to include all members names.)

1. What creates a Convergent boundary?  What kinds of land features can Convergent boundaries create?
2. What creates a Divergent boundary?  What kinds of land features can Divergent boundaries create?
3. What creates a Transform boundary?  What kinds of land features can Transform boundaries create?
4. Name something interesting you learned while doing the activity.

Now that you have completed the interactives, check out the real images of some of the places you will be researching and finding on Earth's surface!  Isn't Earth an amazing and beautiful place?  You may now get an iPad to complete your independent worksheet.

The San Andreas Fault

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland

The Himalayan Mountains