Elevating Land

GeoSTEM
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will plot the highest and lowest points of 10 selected countries and discover the relationship between elevation and plate tectonics.
Author: 
Pam Van Arsdale and others
Grade Range: 
8
Duration: 
1 class period
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconExtra Reading on Collision Zones by the U.S. Geological Survey
application/pdf iconWhere Plates Collide: Land Areas map
Supplemental Files: 
image/gif iconMap of Tectonic Plates (USGS)
video/quicktime iconSubduction in a Collision Zone movie (NOAA)
video/quicktime iconHimalayan Convergence movie (NASA)
video/mpeg iconAndes Mountains and Plate Tectonics movie (NASA)
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
1: The World in Spatial Terms
6: Geographic Applications
National Geography Standards: 
4: The physical and human characteristics of places