Topic outline
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Essential background information regarding the major tectonic plate boundaries and their features.
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A series of teacher demonstrations and activities to assist students with their understanding of important concepts, like viscosity.
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Students identify the major tectonic plates and discuss what might be occurring at some of the boundaries.
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A higher level activity to extend student knowledge of plate boundaries, through research.
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Section review utilising a word sleuth and short answer questions.
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This short activity allows students to examine the forces involved in earthquakes.
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This series of teacher demonstrations and student activities examines the transfer of wave energy.
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This series of teacher demonstrations and students activities enables students to visualise and measure the movement of primary and secondary waves.
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This activity demonstrates the potential devastation of liquefaction.
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Students use their investigative powers, a little maths and an important mapping skill to locate the epicentre of an earthquake.
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A review of earthquakes using a word sleuth and short answer questions.
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