Unit 5: Earth Science (2)

Lesson 3: Plate Boundaries

Sticky Note Journal
Volcano Lava
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xExdEXOaA9A&feature=related
Objective
Students will be able to…

Explain what happens at plate boundaries.

Remember: our most fundamental goal in Science

is to understand what is happening in the world
around us.
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Plate Boundaries Notes

Plate Boundary = where two plates are touching

Three Types of Plate Boundaries
 Convergent= two plates crash together

 Divergent = two plates move apart from one another

 Transform = two plates slide past one another

Today’s Activity

Web Interactive: Plates and Boundaries

Notebook: page 25