Plate Tectonics: A force that shapes our Earth

So far we have looked at three key events:

1.  The formation of the Earth and Moon
2.  First life forming
3.  Snowball Earth

We have also looked at how currents work and how they affect our environment.

During your assignment next week you will be exploring how volcanoes have shaped our planet.

THURSDAY:

Before launching into looking at volcano based events we need to understand:

How do volcanoes work and what drives these processes? 

This leads us to our next event:

4. Movement of the Earth's tectonic plates (aka continental drift)

To Do:

Move through the Dynamic Earth Interactive (from intro until the Quiz)
Pay particular attention to the section slip, slide and collide 

Dynamic Earth Interactive