Plate Tectonics

Assignment

You are to create a set of PowerPoint slides that explain one topic and describe an example of that topic.  The grades will be earned as follows for the following slides:

1.     Title                                  5 points

2.     Overview                        10 points

3.     Main Features                 10 points

4.     Example                          10 points

5.     Most Amazing Fact         10 points

6.     Proper Bibliography        15 points

7.     Presentation                    15 points

Possible Topics

The following are possible topics with examples in parenthesis.

1.     Continental Drift (Pangea) – A.J. and Pablo

2.     Locations of Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Ring of Fire) – Adam and Sean

3.     Magnetism and Mid-ocean ridge (your choice) Chase, Miles, Carl

4.     Ocean Divergent Boundaries (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) – Brandon and Chelsea

5.     Land Divergent Boundaries (Rift Valley of Africa) – Matt, Devin, Dane

6.     Subduction Boundaries (Mariana Trench and Mariana Islands) – Sam and Kevin

7.     Collision Boundaries (Himalayas) – Laura

8.     Transfer Bounders (San Andreas Fault) Jeff and Melissa

9.     Mantle Convection (Your choice) – Dustin and Rodney

10. Ridge Push (your choice) – Jason, Bivian, Neil

11. Slab Pull (your choice) – Scott, Jeremy, and Jim

Due Date

Thursday, 28 April 2005