A special dual presentation resource covering Plate Tectonic Theory and Plate Tectonics. ***************************************** Presentation 1: Plate Tectonic Theory A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at plate tectonic theory. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore historical development that supports plate tectonic theory. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 21 slides covering: • Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism • Continental Drift • Plate Tectonics • Lithospheric Plates • What Causes Plate Motion? ***************************************** Presentation 2: Plate Tectonics A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at plate tectonics. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the movements of the plates that make up the Earth’s surface. Explore geological events caused by plate motion. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 35 slides covering: • Basic Structure of Earth • Tectonic Plates • What Causes Plate Motion? • Plate Boundaries • Convergent Boundaries • Divergent Boundaries • Sliding Boundaries • Ocean Basins

A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at natural hazards. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how science can be used to make predictions of natural hazards and reduce their effects. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 29 slides covering: • Natural Hazards • Predicting Natural Hazards • Volcanic Hazards • Studying Volcanoes • Decade Volcanoes • Volcano Monitoring • Mitigation • Evacuation • Other Natural Hazards

A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at the changing Earth. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore evidence that the surface of the Earth changes. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 21 slides covering: • Slow Changes • Fast Changes • Small Changes • Large Changes • Plate Tectonics • Mountain Building • Weathering and Erosion • Deposition • Coastal Changes • Evidence of Change • Satellite Images • Impact

A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at water and Earth. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how water affects materials and processes on Earth. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 20 slides covering: • Water and the Rock Cycle • Water and Weathering • Physical Weathering • Chemical Weathering • Water and Erosion • Water Erosion - Run-off • Water Erosion - Ground Water • River Erosion • River Transportation • River Energy • Deposition

A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at the interior of the Earth. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate the internal structure of the Earth. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 31 slides covering: • Exploring the Interior of the Earth • Seismic Waves • P-Waves • S-Waves • Looking Inside the Earth • The Earth’s Crust • The Lithosphere • The Asthenosphere • Mantle • Outer Core • Inner Core • Heat Transfer • Magnetic Field • Mantle Convection • Rocks and Volcanoes • Lab Experiments • The Interior of the Earth