Description
Looking for an engaging, no-prep way to teach convection currents and tectonic plate movement? This middle school geology resource combines animated teaching slides, Cornell notes, and an interactive notebook graphic organizer to help students understand what causes tectonic plates to move.
Designed for students in grades 6–8, this lesson explains how heat and gravity contribute to plate motion. Students learn about Earth’s mantle and asthenosphere, examine how warmer and cooler mantle material moves, and compare the roles of mantle convection, ridge push, and slab pull.
The Cornell notes are available in multiple formats, allowing you to differentiate the lesson for a variety of learners. Students can use complete notes, fill-in-the-blank notes, or blank notes during instruction. A Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning response encourages students to use information from the notes to answer the lesson’s essential question.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Fill-in-the-blank Cornell notes (PDF)
- Blank Cornell notes (PDF)
- Editable fill-in-the-blank Cornell notes (PPT)
- Completed Cornell notes answer key (PDF)
- Animated teacher presentation slides (PPT) Editable text on the teaching slides
- Interactive notebook graphic organizer (PDF)
The teaching slides coordinate directly with the Cornell notes, making it easy for students to follow along during whole-class instruction. The interactive notebook activity provides an engaging way for students to review the lesson.
This resource is perfect for:
✔ Whole-class Earth Science instruction
✔ Interactive science notebooks
✔ Guided notes
✔ Introduction or review lessons
✔ Independent work
✔ Small-group instruction
✔ Science centers
✔ Homeschool science lessons
✔ Substitute teacher plans
Designed for upper elementary and middle school science classrooms, this print-and-go resource provides the structure students need while saving you valuable planning time.
Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
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