Discovering Plate Boundaries has been selected for inclusion in the Reviewed Collection of the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)!

An article about Discovering Plate Boundaries was published in January 2005 in the Journal of Geoscience Education. Click to download the article.

Downloads

All materials created for DPB may be downloaded freely for classroom use. Copyright of all these materials remains with Dale S. Sawyer. Please drop me an email with your comments when you use the materials. Please acknowledge the source when you use the materials in any manner.

Maps

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Student Handouts

• Student Instructions -- PDF format
• Student Instructions -- Microsoft Word format
• Group assignment slips -- PDF format
• Group assignment slips -- Microsoft Word format

Wrap-up Overhead Transparencies (in PDF format)

Set of 16 transparencies in 1 file

Individual transparencies

1. Aleutians
2. California
3. Himalayas
4. Chile
5. Mid Atlantic Ridge
6. Mid Atlantic Ridge (closeup)
7. Mid Ocean Ridges Spreading Rate
8. Southeast Asia Subduction Zones
9. Iceland
10. Middle East
11. North American/Eurasian Boundary
12. East Pacific Rise
13. Southwest Indian Ridge
14. Fiji/Tonga
15. Central America
16. New Zealand