Activity 1 - What on Earth?!
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Activity 2 - Who was Alfred Wegener?
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Activity 3 - What did he claim?
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Activity 4 - What was the reaction?
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Your teacher will give you a number between 1-2. Number 1's should complete question 1 here, Number 2's complete question 2. Write your paragraphs in your books. Your teacher may ask you to read out your paragraphs!
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Activity 5 - When was the claim accepted?
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When Alfred Wegener proposed his theory of plate tectonics, the rest of the scientific community dismissed his claims. This task asks you to consider why they did this and to ask when and why his claim was finally accepted:
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Further Reading
STANDARD READING
- Andrew Rader Studios. (2015). Geography4Kids.com: Earth Structure: Plate Tectonics. Geography4kids.Com.
INTERMEDIATE READING
- Amos, J. (2017, October 2). Plate tectonics: When we discovered how the Earth really works. BBC News.
ADVANCED READING
- Oskin, B. (2017, December 19). What Is Plate Tectonics? Livescience.Com; Live Science.
FURTHER WATCHING
- BrainPOP. (2017). PLATE TECTONICS [YouTube Video].
- TED-Ed. (2014). The Pangaea Pop-up - Michael Molina [YouTube Video].