michigan grade level content expectations 6 – g2.1.2 account for topographic and human spatial...
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Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations
6 – G2.1.2 Account for topographic
and human spatial patterns (where people live)
associated with tectonic plates such as volcanoes,
earthquakes, settlements (Ring of Fire, recent volcanic and seismic events,
settlements in proximity to natural hazards in the Western Hemisphere)
by using information from GIS, remote sensing,
and the World Wide Web.
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Instructions to teachers:
1. Make copies of the map on slide 3 for each student.
2. Show PowerPoint and discuss slides. Students will follow directions to complete their maps (and add to the legend).
3. Discuss questions on slides 21 and 22.4. Have students write a paragraph answering one of the following questions:
“What is the relationship between tectonic plates and the occurrence of volcanoes and earthquakes?”
“Why do you think Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Lima, Peru were built in such dangerous places?”
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North America
Central America
South America
Equator
Use basemap to label
three regions or continents.
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New York
MexicoCity
Sao Paulo
Lima
ChicagoLos
Angeles
Toronto
On basemap 1label
major cities.
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On basemapshow the
locations of active
volcanoes.
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These earthquakes
occurred between 2000
and 2005.
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Notice that some of the earthquakes occur near volcanoes.
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This map showstectonic plates.
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Tectonic plates are huge pieces of the earth’s upper crust.They move!
Continents ride atop some
tectonic plates. Other plates
arebelow oceans
and seas.
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Write names of
tectonic plates on your map.
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Two tectonic plates
are named after
continents.
Where do most of the volcanoes
occur?Some plates
move, pushing into other plates.
Some plates move,
pushing into other plates.
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Some plates move,
pushing into other plates.
Some plates move,
pushing into other plates.
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Where do most of the earthquakes
occur?
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Andes
Write the name of the long
mountain range in
South Americaon your map.
Some plates move, pushing
into other platesand build
mountains.
Andes
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Andes
Notice the volcanoes along
the coast of Alaska and
in Mexico and Central America.
Central
Ameria
a
Alaska
Mexico
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Notice the earthquakes
along the coast of Alaska, in
Central America,and along the
Andes Mountains.
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Name three cities that are close to plate boundaries.
Might a plate boundary be a
dangerous place?
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What other hazards are near these
three cities?
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Assessment:Choose one of the following. Write your answer in an organized paragraph, including details and examples.
“What is the relationship between tectonic plates and the occurrence of volcanoes and earthquakes?”
“Why do you think Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Lima, Peru were built in such dangerous places?”
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